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On the recordMay 17, 2011
I am all for offshore wind research and development, but I am just wondering if wind is a mature technology and it produces a puny amount of intermittent power, why you give it, in addition to paying for its loan guarantees, why you pay for its loan guarantees and not pay for nuclear power's loan guarantees.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Expressing concern over funding disparities between wind and nuclear power.

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