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On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
EPA has no statutory authority to set America's energy policy, yet the Agency has embarked on a multi-pronged agenda to regulate coal out of existence.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Upton argues against EPA's regulatory actions on coal.

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