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Ed Markey: “They could have taken this money out of the $41 million of gas breaks for the oil and gas industry, but, no, they take…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
They could have taken this money out of the $41 million of gas breaks for the oil and gas industry, but, no, they take it out of solar, they take it out of wind. And by the way, wind and solar, with the same amount of money, creates five times more jobs than an investment in fossil fuels does. So they keep the money in for the programs that create three to five times less jobs than the program they are knee-capping here this evening. That's what this vote is all about.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Sep 22, 2011

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