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Matt Cartwright: “Finally. What it does is it throws up the white flag in our…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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‘It Doesn’t Save People Money!’: Matt Cartwright Shreds GOP Energy Legislation

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

It's going to cost homeowners money. It takes away the electrification program that will give them rebates to redoing the electricity in their house. And, and finally, gentleman's time has expired. Gentleman's work. Finally. What it does is it throws up the white flag in our war against climate change. You know, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs in this country, General Milley, has identified climate change as a threat to national security. And he's right. (02:32–02:40)

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Asserts that HR1 undermines efforts to combat climate change.

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