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Jeff Van Drew: I respect my colleague, Mr. Fleischmann, tremendously. It is one of those few times we will have to agree to disagree…

On the recordJuly 23, 2024
I respect my colleague, Mr. Fleischmann, tremendously. It is one of those few times we will have to agree to disagree, but I think it is so important that we make a statement here. There are some good things that office does, but they do so many things that we don't agree with. This is the conundrum that we always find ourselves in in Congress. In order to get a modicum of good things done, we have to vote for the whole package and the whole thing moves forward, and so many of those initiatives are not good, and that is the problem here. Let's do this right. I believe in nuclear. I believe solar can have a role. I don't believe wind can do well, especially out in the ocean, but the point is, let the marketplace of ideas be the ones that dictate what we should do here. This office does so much that it shouldn't do, yet we are told we have to vote for this because they do a few things we agree with. I respectfully disagree. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Jeff Van Drew
Republican · New Jersey
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Jul 23, 2024

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