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On the recordJune 18, 2012
Would you also agree with me that when the President said, 'because I am capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money.'
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith highlights the financial burden of greenhouse gas regulations on consumers, especially the poor.

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