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Bernie Sanders: “I find it somewhat ironic that some of my friends on this committee express their distaste for loan guarantees and then…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2012
I find it somewhat ironic that some of my friends on this committee express their distaste for loan guarantees and then tell us they want to build another 100 or 200 nuclear power plants in this country.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders critiques committee members' opposition to loan guarantees while supporting nuclear plant construction.

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