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Doc Hastings: “What a cap-and-trade tax means is that the Federal Government is going to purposely increase energy prices.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2009
What a cap-and-trade tax means is that the Federal Government is going to purposely increase energy prices.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings argues that cap-and-trade will intentionally raise energy costs for consumers.

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