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Craig Goldman: “We got off of [the national grid] in the 70s.”

Featuring: Craig Goldman, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 12

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JSA EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE CRAIG GOLDMAN.

Published | Video Starts at 16:08

We just have to make it 100% reliable 24 7, 365, and whatever conditions are out there. So I think that's. I think that's more where people are headed, rather than getting back on the national grid, which We got off of [the national grid] in the 70s. is to keep our independence and keep our grid, but let's make it reliable. What is the philosophy behind having our own power grid? (16:08–16:11)

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Asserts Texas left the national power grid in the 1970s.

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