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On the recordJuly 24, 2017
I have always sort of had this vision. Being a coal State, obviously it is a big concern of mine that CO2 is going to have that value.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito expresses concern about the value of CO2 in coal states.

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