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James Lankford: “The bill was designed to be energy secure. There is a basic, balanced approach, and I think a lot of people have been…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2023
The bill was designed to be energy secure. There is a basic, balanced approach, and I think a lot of people have been misled because--and honestly, the Administration has sold it as an environmental bill only, or they used that more to their base.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford critiques the perception of the IRA as solely an environmental bill.

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