03/09/2010
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"This legislation will put Americans back to work while laying the groundwork for a clean energy economy."
"If we, our children, and our grandchildren are to prosper in the 21st century, we must decrease our dependence on oil, use energy in the most efficient ways possible, and decrease our carbon emissions..."
"I hope we can benefit from learning from what others, including Japan are doing in this regard."
"This morning's hearing is on a topic that most of us had not even heard of a few years ago, but today is widely discussed here in Washington and around the country, and that is the smart grid."