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Jay Rockefeller: Everything that the President talks about--and that is, you know, carbon release and wasted time and damage to the…

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
Everything that the President talks about--and that is, you know, carbon release and wasted time and damage to the economy and frustrated people and people not having reason to have confidence in their government, et cetera--all comes together in not having NextGen, NowGen, whatever you want to call it.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller links the lack of NextGen to broader economic and environmental issues.

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