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Ed Markey: In 2009 in this committee and on the House Floor, Mr. Waxman and I built in $60 billion for clean coal technology…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
In 2009 in this committee and on the House Floor, Mr. Waxman and I built in $60 billion for clean coal technology, carbon capture and sequestration.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses past funding for clean coal technology and its lack of support.

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