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On the recordApril 26, 2021
there is simply no real business pressure for carbon pricing at this point.
Said by
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Assertion that corporate support for carbon pricing is lacking in Congress.

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