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Joe Barton: Briefly, to reply to my good friend from Massachusetts, the light bulbs that he just showed, the least expensive one of…

On the recordJuly 11, 2011
Briefly, to reply to my good friend from Massachusetts, the light bulbs that he just showed, the least expensive one of those I think he said was about $1.60, $1.70. Your traditional incandescent light bulb you can buy, if you can find them, for anywhere from 25 cents to 40 cents apiece. So that light bulb is still five to six times more expensive than the classic incandescent bulb. With that I yield 3 minutes to another original sponsor of the legislation, a member of the committee of jurisdiction, the good doctor from Denton County, Texas, Dr. Michael Burgess.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas
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Jul 11, 2011

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