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Pete Hoekstra: “Thank you. Again, getting back to the point, the chairman has talked about energy security being tied to national…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2008
Thank you. Again, getting back to the point, the chairman has talked about energy security being tied to national security. This motion to recommit will do more to secure our energy independence and will do more to protect our energy security and national security than many of the other provisions in the bill because it specifically gives the tools to our intelligence community to protect not only our domestic sources of energy, but also enables us to protect the sources of energy that come from overseas.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the importance of energy security in relation to national security.

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