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Paul W. Hodes: “In terms of the energy independence, the program we are going to advance as leaders in this Congress is designed to…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2007
In terms of the energy independence, the program we are going to advance as leaders in this Congress is designed to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of this country. Mr. Speaker, last year the Federal Government only spend $2 billion, one week in Iraq, on all of its research into alternative and renewable energy forms. By setting up the kind of reserve we have now, rolling back the subsidies for Big Oil and putting it into a reserve for Federal research and research into alternative energy, just think about how we are going to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of this country for new jobs and economic prosperity on into the century.
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Paul W. Hodes
New Hampshire
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Discussing energy independence and the need for investment in alternative energy research.

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