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Ed Whitfield: “EPA's climate agenda is all economic pain for no environmental gain.”

On the recordApril 1, 2014
EPA's climate agenda is all economic pain for no environmental gain.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield argues that EPA's climate policies harm the economy without providing environmental benefits.

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