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John Shimkus: “The American shale revolution transformed our Nation's economic competitiveness and is driving cleaner electricity…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
The American shale revolution transformed our Nation's economic competitiveness and is driving cleaner electricity generation because of old-fashioned innovation, entrepreneurship, regulatory certainty, and private capital--not big Government mandates.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Highlighting the benefits of the shale revolution for economic competitiveness.

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