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On the recordJuly 21, 2014
If the United States had adopted a cap-and-trade system, do you think it would have helped or hurt our strategic interests?
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso asks about the potential impact of a cap-and-trade system on U.S. strategic interests.

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