11/09/2011
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"As the Nation's largest public utility, the TVA is uniquely positioned to lead the development of clean, reliable, American energy."
"I do not think coastal projects should be second class citizens in your budget by this kind of a factor of 37 to 1."
"I do not want to be in a position in which the budget does not authorize funding for coastal projects, that it is $40 million out of $1.4 billion, with the result that people do not apply because they..."
"I think this is a safe bipartisan place where real progress can be made."