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On the recordJuly 7, 2015
By the admission of President Obama's first director, Lisa Jackson, of the EPA, when asked the question when she was sitting at the table right where you are sitting today, if we were to pass some type of a cap and trade legislation, either by legislation or regulation, would this have the effect of lowering CO2 emissions nationwide, she said, no, it wouldn't.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe cites Lisa Jackson's admission that cap and trade wouldn't lower CO2 emissions.

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