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On the recordMarch 21, 2023
Anything that increases the cost of producing energy right now, at a point we have had massive inflation in energy cost, and we are at a point right now where we cannot fulfill our obligations to our allies.
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Bill Hagerty
Republican · Tennessee

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Hagerty warns that rising energy production costs threaten economic and national security.

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