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On the recordOctober 28, 2009
Yet, when this legislation is combined, Senator Carper described this as a technology-neutral cap, but when it is combined with the renewable electricity standards... we suddenly see that we are not technology-neutral anymore.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander critiques the legislation's lack of technology neutrality regarding nuclear power.

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