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Jake Auchincloss: “I don't accept the premise that construction labor…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on AI energy equation, guardrails and competitiveness

Published | Video Starts at 10:02

So which fights should Democrats pick within their coalition in order to make energy abundance happen? I accept the premise about degrowth as a bad approach. I don't accept the premise that construction labor agreements slow things down or make things harder to build. I don't think that's actually the trade off. And for example, these data center, these hyperscalers that want to put their own energy behind the meter, I'm not going to speak for all of them. (10:02–10:09)

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Disputes the idea that labor agreements impede construction.

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