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On the recordSeptember 23, 2011
The direct expenditure for coal was $42 million last year, and for wind it was $3.556 billion. I will tell you that oil and gas and coal are willing to give up all of their subsidies if green energy wants to give up their subsidies, because they're getting a lot more than anyone else. At this point, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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