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On the recordSeptember 25, 2019
I think most of us would agree, you know, every economist across the political spectrum... thinks that we should price the things we don't want as high as we can.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer advocates for carbon pricing as a bipartisan solution to climate change.

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