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Tom Barrett: “Democrats... passed a radical green energy mandate... that…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 03:06

… can bring down the cost of energy in Michigan, I was very disappointed to see that a few years ago when the Democrats had unified control of state government, they Democrats... passed a radical green energy mandate... that will force all of our energy from our utilities to be green energy. which is entirely unrealistic and is only going to lead to higher and higher energy costs when Michigan already has the highest rates in the Midwest. (03:06–09:36)

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Asserts Democrats passed a mandate for utilities to use only green energy.

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