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Chris Van Hollen: We are spending taxpayer money to reduce carbon dioxide, and the only reason I can see for spending taxpayer money on…

On the recordApril 10, 2018
We are spending taxpayer money to reduce carbon dioxide, and the only reason I can see for spending taxpayer money on doing that is if we have a benefit from reducing carbon dioxide.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen argues for the necessity of taxpayer investment in carbon reduction.

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