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On the recordMay 12, 2011
Not only is it promoting energy efficiency; it can help us along this trail of energy self-sufficiency, which then pulls us out of our dependency, which is gluttonous to date, on unfriendly nations providing us our supplies for energy. It just doesn't make any sense. The clarion call that we heard at the voting booth last fall was to start growing the economy, stop shrinking the middle class, and that is what we are about with this Make It in America. I know our friend, Representative Tim Ryan from Ohio, has something to add to that agenda because he has been aggressive on this, also.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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