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Howard Griffith: “But when the President has more flexibility, if we believe his words, and we believe his words from his last campaign…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
But when the President has more flexibility, if we believe his words, and we believe his words from his last campaign, don't you anticipate that he is going to make the costs rise on the use of coal and even natural gas, because they are both carbon-based fuels?
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith questions potential future regulations affecting coal and natural gas costs.

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