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Byron Dorgan: There is nothing in here that would be a mandate. These are establishment of targets by asking the Department of Energy…

On the recordJune 9, 2003
There is nothing in here that would be a mandate. These are establishment of targets by asking the Department of Energy to provide Congress with their strategies on how to reach them. I have specifically not imposed mandates. I am simply asking them to develop strategies and to report those strategies to the Congress.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the Department of Energy's role in developing strategies for energy targets.

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