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Ken Paxton: “We've also had the opportunity to sue the federal…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 13:49

And so we filed that lawsuit at the very beginning. But it's a really important property rights case against the federal government. We've also had the opportunity to sue the federal government, the EPA specifically, four times. And the most recent success for us was called the Clean Power Plan, which is what the Obama administration has called their plan to basically strip power from the states related to our ability to regulate electricity. (13:49–13:55)

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