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Ed Markey: When Henry Waxman and I constructed the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House of Representatives in 2009, we actually…

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
When Henry Waxman and I constructed the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House of Representatives in 2009, we actually included $200 billion for carbon capture and sequestration in that piece of legislation.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey recalls funding for carbon capture in the Waxman-Markey bill.

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