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Fred Upton: “We are also leading the world in carbon emissions reductions, and we didn't need a top-down Federal mandate, or…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2019
We are also leading the world in carbon emissions reductions, and we didn't need a top-down Federal mandate, or Waxman-Markey's cap-and-trade.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Upton highlights U.S. success in reducing emissions without federal mandates.

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