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Joe Manchin: Instead of taking steps to extract new domestic energy from our tremendous resource base, the Administration has decided…

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
Instead of taking steps to extract new domestic energy from our tremendous resource base, the Administration has decided to again, try to extract $40 billion from the consumers of oil and gas and coal regardless of the consequences that they could have for our energy supply, our economy and our security.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin criticizes the Administration's energy policy approach and its impact on consumers.

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