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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
We think that the R&D budget should be dramatically increased at the DOE and that the process that that R&D budget gets outlaid should be dramatically changed.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso emphasizes the need for increased R&D funding for cleaner coal technology.

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