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Brian Schatz: “We're going to lose out on $450 billion in capital as…”

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 00:40

So let's look at some of the numbers here in terms of the impact of this bill. This bill will kill 300,000 jobs in wind and solar per year. We're going to lose out on $450 billion in capital as thousands of projects go under. And because of that, we're going to generate about 500 gigawatts less energy in the next decade. (00:40–00:47)

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Asserts that the bill will cause a loss of $450 billion in capital due to project failures.

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