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Lamar Alexander: “We have got to put a price on carbon and a cap on carbon emissions across the whole economy without picking winners or…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2009
We have got to put a price on carbon and a cap on carbon emissions across the whole economy without picking winners or losers if we really want America to compete and to get these innovations into the market quickly.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Emphasizing the need for carbon pricing to foster innovation and competition.

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