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John Yarmuth: A carbon tax... would raise energy prices? It would raise gas prices.

On the recordJune 18, 2019
A carbon tax... would raise energy prices? It would raise gas prices.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth discusses the negative impact of carbon taxes on the poor.

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