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Shelley Moore Capito: So the IRA will directly cause closures of natural gas and coal powered plants in all certainty.

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
So the IRA will directly cause closures of natural gas and coal powered plants in all certainty.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito asserts that the IRA will lead to plant closures.

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