Nuclear is a necessary part of our clean-energy future

Published November 22, 2019 5:00am ET



Over the past year, clean energy has become a hot topic, dominating news cycles and conversations around the country. I welcome this conversation and believe the American people deserve to get all the facts.

Liberals keep offering unrealistic and costly energy “solutions.” Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s socialist “Green New Deal” is a prime example. It’s one of the worst pieces of legislation I’ve ever seen during my time in Congress. It would cost American taxpayers upward of $93 trillion and is a complete government takeover of energy, agriculture, and transportation. In the Senate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s opposition to building new nuclear plants and her support for phasing out existing nuclear power is particularly alarming.

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