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On the recordJanuary 23, 2025
Mr. Chairman, let's not mislead anybody here. We have amendments. This is one, and I think there is another one coming very shortly from the other side of the aisle, which is awesome. We want to have these debates. This is not ideological. Maybe it is great. Maybe the biochar demonstration needs to happen. The question really is, does the Federal Government need to pay for it? If it is so valuable, then the private sector, private industry, should do this work. Private industry should make this investment because we are out of money. The American people, this government, is out of money. I don't know how many times we have to tell everybody here. Mr. Chairman, I support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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