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Matt Cartwright: “It's going to cost homeowners money. It takes away the…”

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 02:17

It's become things that Americans have learned to depend on, to count on that the government is going to keep their air and their water clean for them. This takes that away. It eliminates it. What else does it do? 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. (02:17–02:26)

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Asserts that HR1 will financially impact homeowners by removing electrification rebates.

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