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Kevin Cramer: “Wind and solar [industries] have been enjoying subsidies…”

Featuring: Kevin Cramer, Republican | U.S. Senate from North Dakota

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Senator Kevin Cramer Discusses Senate Passage of Major Economic Bill and Its Implications

Published | Video Starts at 03:14

Yeah, so one of the hallmarks of the bill that I liked so much in the final package before the wraparound was that we expedited the really the end of these big breaks for Wind and solar [industries] have been enjoying subsidies from the federal taxpayer for 35 years. Not exactly a nascent technology. And to add to that, there was this excise tax, particularly the tax was placed mainly on foreign, you know, foreign entities or foreign parts in the supply chain. (03:14–03:19)

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