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Powerful House Republican getting pressure on data centers back home

Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie's district is one of the country's data center battlegrounds. Legislation on the issue runs through him.

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Speaker Johnson Calls Opposition to Data Centers a ‘Chinese Psyop’House Speaker Mike Johnson recently dismissed opposition to data centers, saying that Democrats and China are playing mind games with Americans.

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