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On the recordMarch 22, 2013
They have been trying to regulate carbon now legislatively for 10 years and have been unable to do it. I actually had a bill up where we got 50 votes, but it took a 60-vote threshold to make it happen. So we know the votes are here and the people are concerned about the regulation. I would only leave you with a quote from Dr. Richard Lindzen from MIT, who said that regulating carbon is the bureaucrat's dream. ``If you regulate carbon, you regulate life.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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