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On the recordJuly 21, 2009
We provide the leadership. We say this is what we are going to do. We are going to be very aggressive in this, in the United States.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Stresses the importance of U.S. leadership in pursuing renewable energy.

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