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On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
I want to be very clear that what you see happening here is this is an argument of convenience for, I am afraid, people in this room that folks are trying to distort facts and trying to shove their arguments into places where they clearly don't fit.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Graves criticizes distortions of facts in discussions about energy policy.

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