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Tom Carper: “I thought, 28 years ago, we needed an energy policy for our country. Twenty-eight years later, we still need an energy…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2001
I thought, 28 years ago, we needed an energy policy for our country. Twenty-eight years later, we still need an energy policy for our country. We did not have one then; and we do not have one now.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the need for a national energy policy during Senate floor debate.

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