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Joe Manchin: “Private industry is best positioned and incentivized to put its own capital behind its own judgments about when and…”

On the recordApril 25, 2016
Private industry is best positioned and incentivized to put its own capital behind its own judgments about when and where to invest.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin argues for the role of private industry in energy investment decisions.

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