John Shimkus actually said...

the administration is gaming the system to say that, because we have government subsidized power plants at millions of dollars, that it is commercially viable, is fraudulent, and it is very disappointing.

Context

Shimkus criticizes government subsidies for falsely presenting coal power plants as commercially viable.

02/12/2013

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