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Lisa Murkowski: “As much as we all hope for the creation and expansion of other economic sources of energy, we must continue to invest in…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2009
As much as we all hope for the creation and expansion of other economic sources of energy, we must continue to invest in technologies that will allow the growth of these, our largest sources of domestically produced energy.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski emphasizes the need to invest in fossil fuels and nuclear energy technologies.

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