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On the recordDecember 9, 2009
I don't want folks in Tennessee paying for some transmission grid to some mesa someplace that has no benefit.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Corker emphasizes the need for local benefits from grid expenditures.

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