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Paul Tonko: “We need our national energy policy to have vision, and that vision cannot solely be how to further enrich oil and gas…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2023
We need our national energy policy to have vision, and that vision cannot solely be how to further enrich oil and gas companies, which are raking in record profits.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko criticizes the focus on oil and gas profits in energy policy.

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