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Michelle Wu: “I urge strong support of the Castle-Markey amendment to H.R. 6. This amendment would ensure that the States have a…”

On the recordApril 21, 2005
I urge strong support of the Castle-Markey amendment to H.R. 6. This amendment would ensure that the States have a proper role in the siting of energy facilities. There is this photograph of a large tanker in Boston Harbor. I do not have the good fortune to represent a city like Boston, but there are four, five or six communities in my congressional district, communities of 1,000; 5,000; or 10,000 people where a facility like this would change the basic characteristics of that community forever. Some people are passionately for the LNG facilities. Other people are passionately against the LNG facilities. I have told these folks they get the chance to decide and not a bureaucrat 3,000 miles away. Vote for this amendment.
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Michelle Wu
Democratic · Massachusetts

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