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Jim Inhofe: “If we are dependent upon fossil fuel and nuclear for 89 percent of the power it takes to run this machine called America…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
If we are dependent upon fossil fuel and nuclear for 89 percent of the power it takes to run this machine called America and you do away with both of those, how do you run the machine? And the answer is you can't.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe emphasizes the necessity of fossil fuels and nuclear energy for America's power.

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