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Ed Whitfield: “More important than the opportunity to reduce global poverty and increase the standard of living because of the millions…”

On the recordJune 17, 2013
More important than the opportunity to reduce global poverty and increase the standard of living because of the millions of people in the world who do not have electricity.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield argues that global warming priorities neglect global poverty and energy needs.

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