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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
If our fossil fuel industry is trying to sabotage our clean energy industry for immediate market share advantage, it is doing a long term disservice to the economy and to the well-being of our country.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes fossil fuel industries for undermining clean energy progress.

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