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On the recordJune 21, 2010
I am as hopeful as anyone that electric vehicles are here to stay, but I think we recognize, particularly in this committee, that sometimes when we try to pick the winners and losers, we do not do a very good job of it.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan cautions against favoring specific technologies over others in electric vehicle policy.

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