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On the recordJuly 31, 2018
I wanted to follow up with Administrator Wheeler on something that he said in response to a question to another Senator, and it had to do, Mr. Wheeler, with not picking winners and losers in the energy industry, and that you would treat all energy sources equally.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse seeks clarification on Wheeler's stance on energy industry fairness.

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