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Tom Carper: “The President has just announced increases in the fuel efficiency standards so that by 2016, I believe, our fleet has to…”

On the recordJune 1, 2009
The President has just announced increases in the fuel efficiency standards so that by 2016, I believe, our fleet has to be up to about 35 or 36 miles per gallon.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper discusses new fuel efficiency standards announced by the President.

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