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Nick Rahall: Just as the Waxman-Markey National Energy Tax will drive up the cost of energy in America and send jobs overseas to…

On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
Just as the Waxman-Markey National Energy Tax will drive up the cost of energy in America and send jobs overseas to foreign nations, this bill too fails to produce more energy and costs us jobs.
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Nick Rahall
West Virginia

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Rahall criticizes the Waxman-Markey bill for increasing energy costs and job losses.

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