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Chris Van Hollen: “The reason we are actually spending taxpayer dollars to do this is that there is a public good to be had from reducing…”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
The reason we are actually spending taxpayer dollars to do this is that there is a public good to be had from reducing carbon.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen emphasizes the public benefit of reducing carbon through taxpayer funding.

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