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On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
We are investing right now billions of dollars in oil and gas companies. We are investing, as my colleague Mr. Markey said, in a questionable technology, risky technology called nuclear.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky highlights the contrast in investments between renewable and traditional energy sources.

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