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On the recordMarch 11, 2009
I just want to say, with due respect, that when you say your description here in your paragraph about charging selectively disfavored industries for arbitrarily rationing permits... will fall cruelly and disproportionately upon the poor.
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Sander Levin
Michigan

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Levin critiques the argument that climate policies unfairly impact the poor.

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