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Fred Upton: “It is a bipartisan amendment simply requiring that the Federal Government, beginning on October 1, purchase only ENERGY…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2007
It is a bipartisan amendment simply requiring that the Federal Government, beginning on October 1, purchase only ENERGY STAR light bulbs. This will be a savings of hundreds of millions of dollars to the taxpayers over the course of the year, and it is something that has enjoyed, again, wide bipartisan support.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing a bipartisan amendment for the Federal Government to purchase ENERGY STAR light bulbs.

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