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Riley Moore: “That's why we're having brownouts though is because Democrat…”

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 01:28

This is why coal and gas are so critical when you have peak hours and requirements when it's really hot or it's really cold. That's why we're having brownouts though is because Democrat policies took 170 gigawatts of coal fired power off the grid. And now we got all these AI data centers eating up a smaller portion of the pie. Without reliable energy sources that are consistent, reliable and non intermittent. (01:28–01:38)

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Asserts that Democratic policies are responsible for brownouts due to the removal of 170 gigawatts of coal-fired power.

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