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On the recordMay 11, 2016
The higher transportation and electricity costs will then lead to an increase in the cost of all goods and services, with the massive amount of regulations and red tape that has been proposed and finalized by this Administration--by the way, that will also raise the price of all goods--a carbon tax would further devastate our economic potential.
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Kevin Cramer
Republican · North Dakota

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Cramer claims a carbon tax will increase costs for all goods and services.

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