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Bill Bennett: I simply rise to express my support for the amendment offered by the senior Senator from New Mexico. He has thought the…

On the recordJune 13, 2007
I simply rise to express my support for the amendment offered by the senior Senator from New Mexico. He has thought the matter through very carefully and described, I think, a hopeful approach, one that recognizes technology in the energy business is constantly changing, that opportunities are arising that we may not even think of now. One area where I have shown an interest is tidal energy, and we are in the infancy of finding out about that. We need to have an open-ended opportunity to find alternative energy sources. So with that, I thank the Senator from New Mexico for his leadership on this issue and am happy to be a cosponsor of his amendment.
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Expressing support for an amendment related to alternative energy sources.

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