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Michael Burgess: “Let me remind my colleagues that America leads the world in reducing its carbon emissions and that the 2006…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 2021
Let me remind my colleagues that America leads the world in reducing its carbon emissions and that the 2006 Waxman-Markey climate bill would have produced worse results for the environment than the results produced by the free market.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess argues that market-driven solutions are more effective for emissions reduction than government mandates.

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