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Greg Casar: “We want to break down the price of those utilities by…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Congressman Greg Casar discusses The CPC's New Affordability Agenda at CFA's Consumer Assembly

Published | Video Starts at 10:40

We want to bring down the price of gas by taxation, the insane profits of oil companies that are jacking up prices off of this war and giving that money back to consumers. We want to break down the price of those utilities by cracking down on for-profit utility monopolies. that charge consumers for things like monthly massage memberships and private jets and spa memberships. They go to our state PUCs and say they have to to raise rates and they're putting their political contributions and lobby costs into those required rate increases. (10:40–10:56)

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Asserts a plan to reduce utility prices by targeting for-profit utility monopolies.

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