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SEN. NELSON URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO ORDER FEDERAL DECREASE IN PETROLEUM USE
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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August 7, 2008
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The office of Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., issued the following news release:
In a continuing effort to ease the strain on Americans caused by high energy prices, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson and Senator Susan Collins of Maine sent a letter to President Bush late yesterday urging him to issue a new executive order requiring all federal agencies with vehicles in the U.S. to decrease gas consumption by 5 percent per year through 2016.
"As our constituents continue to suffer from high gasoline, diesel and other energy costs, they have grown tired of the political infighting in Washington over this issue," wrote Senator Nelson in the letter. "Energy costs are causing serious financial hardship, ...