Stories Related to Lawmakers Demand Accountability At All Levels For Massive Power Outages In Texas

Corpus Christi Caller Times, El Paso Times
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 3:55pm

Even as they demand answers from the electric industry, lawmakers acknowledge they share in the responsibility for the failure.

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