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Peter Visclosky: “First of all I would point out that the funds that are provided are at this year's fiscal level. It is not a cut. It is…”

On the recordJune 19, 2007
First of all I would point out that the funds that are provided are at this year's fiscal level. It is not a cut. It is a cut from the President's request. The other observation I would make is I believe that the Department should be in the business of science research and development and not exclusively be paying for companies to license new reactors, so that would certainly do justification.
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Peter Visclosky
Indiana

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Discussing funding levels and priorities for the Department of Energy.

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