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Ed Markey: “Out of this Republican Congress this year, they took away the loan guarantees for wind and solar but left them in for…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
Out of this Republican Congress this year, they took away the loan guarantees for wind and solar but left them in for nuclear power.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes Congress for favoring nuclear over renewable energy loan guarantees.

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