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On the recordJune 18, 2014
I am glad the chairman mentioned Waxman-Markey earlier in his opening remarks, because I was one of a group of 10 or 12 or so Representatives from States that were heavily dependent on carbon, on coal-based energy, who went to our leadership at the time--Rick Boucher from Virginia led that effort--and we basically said to our leadership and to Mr. Waxman that we couldn't support the bill as it was originally drafted, that it would have been devastating for our consumers and our businesses, and they made changes in that bill.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky
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Yarmuth discusses the need for changes to the Waxman-Markey bill to protect consumers.

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