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Lamar Alexander: “I think the marketplace should work through a cap-and-trade system.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
I think the marketplace should work through a cap-and-trade system.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander advocates for cap-and-trade over command and control systems.

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