09/19/2011
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"LBA commends Senators Whitehouse, Bennet, Bingaman, Menendez, Merkley, Schumer, and Udall, sponsors of S. 1379, the Energy Efficiency in Housing Act of 2009."
"I want to commend you, as well as Senators Whitehouse and Schumer, for your support for energy efficiency and green building."
"The spread of green housing is not only imperative from an environmental standpoint, it can also produce real cost savings."
"You talk about the challenges sometimes that lower-income people have between paying their utility bills and dealing with medical care or food."