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Ben Cardin: “It just wasn't fair because we would have to clean up our emissions more and more and more all the time, and at the same…”

On the recordJune 8, 2016
It just wasn't fair because we would have to clean up our emissions more and more and more all the time, and at the same time the States we competed with for jobs would end up with cheap energy.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin discusses the economic disparity caused by differing state emissions standards.

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