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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Trump wasted more than $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Trump is Blowing Up Your Electricity Bill

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

Democrats took action to invest in clean, affordable energy projects for our communities. But get this, Trump canceled them and he spent your money to cancel them. Trump wasted more than $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to kill projects that would have helped lower energy costs. These projects were win win. They would have generated energy from millions of homes and supported good paying union jobs. But just like that, they're gone and you're left behind to foot the bill. (01:35–01:45)

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Asserts that Trump canceled energy projects costing taxpayers $2.5 billion.

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