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Ed Whitfield: “I want clean air. I want clean water. But I don't want an organized attack on the energy-producing sector of America…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2016
I want clean air. I want clean water. But I don't want an organized attack on the energy-producing sector of America because of, to use Mr. McNerney's term, a political decision to go after hydrocarbons.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield expresses support for environmental protection without harming the energy sector.

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