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Rachel Walden: “Ever since Obama's haze rolls, the federal government has…”

Featuring: Rachel Walden, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

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AZ Votes Debate: Republican candidates for Corporation Commission | Apr. 4, 2024

Published | Video Starts at 34:52

We should be able to do what we need to in order to keep our rates reasonable and affordable. Miss Walden, I agree. The EPA is an unconstitutional agency. Ever since Obama's haze rolls, the federal government has been going after coal, suing utilities to shut coal plants down. They're not. They're not. The utilities aren't shutting them down over some investment score. They're shutting them down because the EPA sued them to shut them down. (34:52–34:59)

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Asserts that since Obama's haze rules, the federal government has been suing utilities to shut down coal plants.

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