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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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