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Article: SEN. SCHUMER URGES PRESIDENT OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO BLOCK $450M IN STIMULUS FUNDS SOUGHT BY WIND FARM PROJECT WITH PARTS BUILT IN CHINA

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November 6, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The office of Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) announced Thursday that he is urging the Obama administration to block any stimulus money from financing a proposed wind farm in Texas that would rely entirely on wind turbines built in China.

Organizers of the $1.5 billion project, which would create an estimated 2,000-3,000 jobs in China, but only a small fraction of that in the United States, have said they will seek to defray up to 30 percent of the cost, or $450 million, with funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In a letter sent to U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu, ...

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