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Ed Whitfield: “I really think the Obama administration is not being truthful with the American people when they set the emission…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
I really think the Obama administration is not being truthful with the American people when they set the emission standards.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Whitfield criticizes the Obama administration's honesty regarding emission standards for new plants.

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