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Josh Brecheen: “You look off the island of Spain, the Canary islands, who…”

Featuring: Josh Brecheen, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Brecheen Speaks on Budget Resolution During House Budget Committee Markup

Published | Video Starts at 02:46

… that we hopefully will garnish the ability to claw back when they did reconciliation a few years ago, that is 750 billion to $825 billion cost to the American taxpayer. You look off the island of Spain, the Canary islands, who said 10 years ago that little island said, who are in the trade winds, we'll be totally independent green compliant. And yet you look at numbers recently, last several years, 50%, they're having to be backed up by fossil fuels. And they're in the trade wind zone. It is unreliable, it's unaffordable. And you look at the countries in Europe who decide they want to go down that pathway and … (02:46–03:03)

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Asserts that the Canary Islands, despite aiming for green compliance, rely 50% on fossil fuels.

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