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Article: REPS. HINCHEY, SHAYS REINTRODUCE ENERGY FOR OUR FUTURE ACT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- April 19, 2007
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Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn. (4th CD), issued the following press release:
With Earth Day approaching, Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) today reintroduced the Energy for Our Future Act (H.R. 1945), a comprehensive bipartisan energy reform bill that seeks to decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil, protect the environment, build a market for renewable energy, and promote energy conservation.
"The sooner the U.S. faces the inevitable reality that we must turn away from oil and embrace clean alternative energy sources, the better off our country and planet will be," Hinchey said. "Raising efficiency standards today, as we work to establish a renewable energy ...