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Our nation is undergoing a remarkable shift as clean energy innovations — from electric vehicles to wind and solar technology — spark a manufacturing renaissance that's redefining American industry. Here in New York, we’re experiencing an unprecedented surge in energy sector employment as expanding energy options create jobs and cost savings.

If we want to build back American manufacturing and keep our competitive edge over China, we need to invest in the energy of the future. Over the past two years, the federal government has finally started doing that — but efforts in Washington to repeal the investments that are helping to spur this progress would take us in the wrong direction.

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Federal and private-sector investments in wind and solar, and in electric vehicles, have created hundreds of thousands of accessible........

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