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Lamar Smith: The so-called Clean Power Plan is simply a power grab that will force states to try to reach arbitrary and often…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2015
The so-called Clean Power Plan is simply a power grab that will force states to try to reach arbitrary and often impossible targets for carbon emissions.
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Lamar Smith
Republican · Texas

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Smith describes the Clean Power Plan as an overreach by the federal government.

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