The Federal Government spends about $24 billion every year on electricity and fuel and in the current budget climate, anything we can do to help find opportunities for greater efficiency and cost savings for the American taxpayer is worth doing.
Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of efficiency and cost savings in government spending.
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Thank you, Senator Braun, for raising this. I am a co-sponsor of the bill. I appreciate your advocacy for it and your call for further support for it.
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