Eddie Bernice Johnson actually said...

If the standard of identifying a federal role rests on whether the private industry has the capacity to invest in R&D, then I think the answer to the question is that DOE should focus its investments on reducing and wherever possible eliminating the environmental impacts of the production and use of these resources.

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Johnson advocates for DOE investments to mitigate environmental impacts of fossil fuel production.

07/16/2018

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