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Jim Inhofe: “Madam Administrator, if we were to pass some of the cap and trade bills that we are talking about today, or the…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
Madam Administrator, if we were to pass some of the cap and trade bills that we are talking about today, or the regulations that would bring us cap and trade, would this have a reduction in overall CO2 emissions. She said, no, it wouldn't, because this isn't where the problem is.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe recalls a conversation with Lisa Jackson about cap and trade's ineffectiveness on CO2 emissions.

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