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Ruben Gallego: “Republicans will always be against transmission and redoing…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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'Trump wants us to go back to 1930s': Sen. Ruben Gallego

Published | Video Starts at 37:04

Conservatives, not conservatives, but Republicans, I should say, especially those that are very much carbon focused, know that. And so they'll talk about permitting reform, they'll talk about being agnostic when it comes to energy. Agnostic. But they Republicans will always be against transmission and redoing our grid to make it smarter. being able to, you know, put transmission up faster. Because if they do that, you're going to give a huge, huge advantage to renewables because they're able to move them across the country because they're already cheaper than it is. (37:04–37:13)

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Asserts that Republicans consistently oppose upgrading the energy grid for better transmission.

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