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Brian Schatz: “Clean energy became eminently profitable for businesses and…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz: Republicans Ripping People Off, Plunging Us Into Energy Crisis To Cut Taxes For Billionaires

Published | Video Starts at 13:42

One of the great things about our climate bill was that it made what was good for the planet also good for the economy. Clean energy became eminently profitable for businesses and widely accessible to consumers. And we made a choice there because some in our party didn't like the basic premise. They were attached to the idea of personal political, economic sacrifice because the planet is in peril. (13:42–13:49)

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