A trio of Senate Democrats is working to muzzle more than 100 nonprofits and companies that have questioned the climate agenda, with a fishing expedition into their correspondence. Largely unnoticed is that the congressional climate crusaders didn’t come up with this idea on their own. Dear Senator: On behalf of Koch companies, I am writing to urge you to oppose S.

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577, a bill introduced by Senators Feinstein and Toomey that seeks to reform, not repeal, the federal Renewable Fuel Standard(RFS) . The RFS is an unqualified failure that should be repealed in full. “Among the hundreds of organizations that have received monetary support from Koch companies, Charles Koch, David Koch, and/or the Koch foundations are Americans for Prosperity and Americans for Prosperity Foundation. AFP and AFP Foundation’s overall mission of promoting sound economic thinking is one in which we firmly believe.

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