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Ron Johnson: “It's insane that we've been shutting down coal fired…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview

Published | Video Starts at 25:26

There is a bunch of provisions here that change the tax incentives. What's your thoughts on all of those that may change the landscape of electron availability? Well I think It's insane that we've been shutting down coal fired electrical generation. We need a lot of it. I would really focus on nuclear myself. I think that is you know if you're concerned about climate change and yeah I'm not will adapt but nuclear would be the thing we ought to be pushing. (25:26–25:31)

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Asserts that shutting down coal-fired power plants is irrational.

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