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Ed Whitfield: Given the Constitutional, statutory, and other legal issues surrounding the Clean Power Plan, I don't believe it will…

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
Given the Constitutional, statutory, and other legal issues surrounding the Clean Power Plan, I don't believe it will withstand judicial scrutiny.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield expresses doubt about the legal viability of the Clean Power Plan.

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