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Don Beyer: “I would suggest, though, as a member of this committee, that moving forward with this new proposal, if it's going to…”

On the recordJune 6, 2018
I would suggest, though, as a member of this committee, that moving forward with this new proposal, if it's going to devastate U.S. manufacturing, if it's going to add way more than $8 billion to the electricity cost of our American consumer, this is something that you and Secretary Perry and others should look very seriously at and should have numbers available for.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer warns about the potential economic impact of a new energy proposal.

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