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Jay Rockefeller: “The U.S. Senate can and should help in this regard, by approving S. 1956, the 'European Union Emissions Trading Scheme…”

On the recordJune 5, 2012
The U.S. Senate can and should help in this regard, by approving S. 1956, the 'European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act.'
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller emphasizes the Senate's role in opposing the EU emissions scheme.

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