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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans have taken a sledgehammer to the clean energy…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Republicans Have Taken a Sledgehammer to the Clean Energy Economy

Published | Video Starts at 03:34

Because of the administration's assault on the progress that was made related to standing up a clean energy economy under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, Senator, White House Democrats in the House and the Senate, and of course, the Biden administration, Republicans have taken a sledgehammer to the clean energy economy, which hurts our ability to both deal with the climate crisis and hurts our ability to drive down costs for everyday Americans. And I look forward to the continued leadership of Senator Whitehouse and, of course, the continued leadership on this issue by our Speaker, Emerita Nancy Dalessandro Pelosi, who has been … (03:34–03:51)

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Asserts that Republicans have damaged the clean energy economy, affecting climate crisis management and cost reduction.

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