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Tim Walberg: “So there is a Catch-22 going on here that says commence construction and cease construction.”

On the recordMay 30, 2012
So there is a Catch-22 going on here that says commence construction and cease construction.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Walberg highlights the contradictory regulations affecting coal plant construction.

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