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Transcript: SENATE PASSES FEINGOLD E4 PROVISION TO HELP BUSINESSES DEVELOP ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
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- September 22, 2009
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
09-22-2009
For Immediate Release Senate Passes Feingold E4 Provision To Help Businesses
Develop Energy Technologies Contact: Zach Lowe or Katie Rowley - (202)
224-8657 September 24, 2009 Washington, D.C. - Today the U.S. Senate passed
an amendment by Senator Russ Feingold to allow the federal government to
partner with private entities to develop new biofuels technologies. Feingold's
amendment is based on a provision in his E4 Initiative launched last year
to help fuel job creation and spur economic development. It authorizes
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and in particular the U.S. Forest
Service (USFS), to enter into cooperative agreements with ...