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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
I hope they would move quicker, I think that state primacy issue is absolutely critical to move forward, to cleaner environment, to capturing, and sequestering, and utilizing the carbon.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
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Capito emphasizes the need for quicker processing of applications for environmental improvements.

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