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On the recordJuly 20, 2009
We are engaging in what will be this generation's version of the space race, an energy race to provide the technologies that will power the 21st century.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Tom Udall emphasizes the importance of an energy race similar to the space race.

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