Energy is core to our economic well-being and, quite frankly, morally, to produce energy in this country is morally right because I don't want to see your kids ever have to go overseas and see what I've seen.
Catherine Cortez Masto: “Energy is core to our economic well-being and, quite frankly, morally, to produce energy in this country is morally…”
On the recordMarch 12, 2018
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Cortez Masto emphasizes the moral importance of domestic energy production.
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