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On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
Testimony in this Committee says that the fossil fuel annual subsidy in the U.S. every year is over $600 billion.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse states the annual subsidy amount for fossil fuels in the U.S.

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