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Don Young: “Ten years ago. Again, everybody tells me we can do it at a later date. And what we're doing is nothing. I ask each one…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2008
Ten years ago. Again, everybody tells me we can do it at a later date. And what we're doing is nothing. I ask each one of you in this room that's sitting here today, I'm asking you, are we going to sit until this whole country comes to a collapse because we're not addressing the energy policy? The energy bill we passed here has produced no energy at all.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Addressing concerns about the lack of progress on energy policy.

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