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Lisa Murkowski: “I heartily endorse, last year in the fiscal year 2009 Defense Appropriations Act, there were $5 million in O&M funds…”

On the recordMay 11, 2009
I heartily endorse, last year in the fiscal year 2009 Defense Appropriations Act, there were $5 million in O&M funds that was set aside, another $5 million in research and development funds that was set aside to study the feasibility of a coal-to-liquids facility near Eielson.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski supports funding for a coal-to-liquids facility project near Eielson Air Force Base.

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