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Jake Auchincloss: “Massachusetts, right now our swing supply is oil from Yemen…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:04

You know, for example, here in Massachusetts, we should overturn the moratorium on nuclear and we should build nuclear power. Massachusetts, right now our swing supply is oil from Yemen that transits Trinidad and Tobago. That is not energy sovereignty. We need nuclear. By the way, we also need offshore wind. So, you know, we had just had the coldest winter in 20 years. (01:04–01:11)

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Asserts that Massachusetts relies on oil from Yemen via Trinidad and Tobago for energy supply.

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