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Derrick Van Orden: No one who has a soul can look at those pictures and say that having an artificial date of 2030 established for 50…

On the recordJune 26, 2024
No one who has a soul can look at those pictures and say that having an artificial date of 2030 established for 50 percent of our fleet to be electrified is worth a single child working in slavery.
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Derrick Van Orden
Republican · Wisconsin

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Arguing against prioritizing electrification over child welfare.

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