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John Garamendi: “If I might interrupt you for a second, well, maybe more than a second. We prepared a little diagram here, and let's…”

On the recordJune 16, 2010
If I might interrupt you for a second, well, maybe more than a second. We prepared a little diagram here, and let's consider this a quiz for the American public. Which of these energy sources gets the most Federal subsidies? Would it be solar, maybe the algae, the new technologies of algae-producing fuel? How about wave action? Or maybe it is wind? Or maybe it is the oil industry? Which ones?
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jun 16, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Garamendi is discussing federal subsidies for various energy sources.

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