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John Kerry: The marketplace has made its decision. In America, it is not the Congress who has decided that coal plants are closing.…

On the recordApril 8, 2019
The marketplace has made its decision. In America, it is not the Congress who has decided that coal plants are closing. It is the market.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kerry emphasizes market forces, not Congress, driving the closure of coal plants.

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