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Mike Lawler: “When you ban natural gas, when you ban new natural gas…”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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I'm rolling out a robust housing plan in the coming weeks to tackle this very important issue.

Published | Video Starts at 06:19

In addition to that, obviously you need energy reform. We need to increase domestic production of energy. If you want to bring down the cost of construction, you need a strong energy policy. When you ban natural gas, when you ban new natural gas hookups and require everything to be electric... that jacks up the cost of construction and the cost of home ownership. That limits the ability of people to get into the housing market. So we have to be smart about what we're doing. (06:19–06:30)

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