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On the recordMarch 21, 2023
Doesn't it seem like 27 percent of the dollars that the IRA, which none of us voted for, is going to go to administrative costs, is that really providing environmental justice?
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
Source
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Capito questions the allocation of funds for administrative costs under the IRA.

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