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Jim Inhofe: “If we enact cap-and-trade legislation, fuel prices will rise, and more jobs in the trucking sector will be lost.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
If we enact cap-and-trade legislation, fuel prices will rise, and more jobs in the trucking sector will be lost.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe argues that cap-and-trade will harm the trucking industry and increase fuel prices.

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