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Article: SEN. CONRAD: ENERGY BILL DELIVERS A BIG BOOST TO NORTH DAKOTA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 14, 2007
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The office of Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., issued the following news release:
Key provisions of Senator Kent Conrad's BOLD Energy Act were included in the national energy legislation passed by the United States Senate. The energy bill will bring fresh investment to North Dakota's agricultural and energy industries, encouraging growth of the state's economy.
"With continued instability in the world's largest oil-producing region, this bill encourages the production of domestic sources of energy and allows America to look to the farm fields of the Midwest rather than the oil fields of the Mid East for our energy needs," Senator Conrad said. "This energy bill is a good first step to a sustainable ...