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Jay Inslee: I really do believe this is a historic moment for the industrial base and agricultural base of America, which is today's…

On the recordJanuary 4, 2007
I really do believe this is a historic moment for the industrial base and agricultural base of America, which is today's date, to start to move to a new base away from just a dirty fossil fuel-based system to a clean energy system. We are starting to do this starting today. We are going to join Republicans, hopefully, in finding a bipartisan way to do it. We can tell people that the genius of Americans is in these new wind sources, wind turbines, solar cells, transit, flex-fuel vehicles, plug-in vehicles, cellulosic ethanol, wave power, geothermal, fuel efficient appliances, energy efficient homes; this job is going to get done by a new Congress and it is a bright day for the country.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the transition to clean energy during a speech on the House floor.

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