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Riley Moore: “170 gigawatts of coal fired power we took off the grid [in…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Rep. Moore Gives Speech in Support of Coal During Appropriations Markup

Published | Video Starts at 00:12

Talking about energy scarcity, anybody have an idea of how many gigawatts of coal fired power we took off the grid in the United States in the last 20 years? Any idea? 170 gigawatts of coal fired power we took off the grid [in the United States in the last 20 years]. That's why we have energy scarcity problems right now in the United States. That's enough to power 150 million homes in this country. That's why we're having energy scarcity issues. (00:12–00:18)

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