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On the recordJune 11, 2018
the President and Secretary Perry are doubling down on this commonsense defined plan to blow up the energy markets by issuing an emergency order to subsidize uncompetitive energy facilities, and this strikes me as a real abuse of power.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the administration's plan to subsidize uncompetitive energy facilities as an abuse of power.

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