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On the recordOctober 27, 2009
If we build 100 nuclear plants, the President led us to do that, if you led us to electrify half our cars and trucks, if we had mini-Manhattan Projects on alternative energy, we could reach our carbon goals by 2030 without a national energy tax, without sending jobs overseas, and without imposing on Americans higher costs for the energy and electricity.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Advocates for nuclear energy and alternative energy projects to meet carbon goals.

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