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Adrian Smith: “This proposal is a national energy tax which will be passed onto the American people.”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
This proposal is a national energy tax which will be passed onto the American people.
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Adrian Smith
Republican · Nebraska

Editor's note · Context

Adrian Smith criticizes the American Clean Energy and Security Act as a tax impacting agriculture.

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