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James Lankford: “We find some way to be able to hit every country in the world to make sure that we get a trillion dollars worth back…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
We find some way to be able to hit every country in the world to make sure that we get a trillion dollars worth back into our economy
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford suggests a global approach to tariffs to recover economic damages from carbon emissions.

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