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On the recordMarch 13, 2012
I think the way we pay for it is get rid of long-term subsidies for energy such as those for big oil and I would add to that big wind.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin suggests eliminating subsidies for big oil and wind to fund clean energy.

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