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Don Nickles: “I know the House had a hearing in 1999. The Clinton administration proposed a 1.5-cent credit penalty per kilowatt hour.…”

On the recordApril 24, 2002
I know the House had a hearing in 1999. The Clinton administration proposed a 1.5-cent credit penalty per kilowatt hour. Why did the chairman come up with a 3-cent penalty, double what the Clinton administration proposed a couple of years ago?
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the increase in proposed credit penalties during a discussion on energy policy.

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