| Notice Of Hearing |
May 14, 2012 |
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Jeff Bingaman, D-NM
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"Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building."
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| Hydropower Potential |
May 14, 2012 |
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Charles Grassley, R-IA
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"Madam President, a strong economy needs affordable, abundant, and reliable energy. In recent years, Americans have experienced higher prices for energy across the spectrum. This has led to an enormous growth in private and public research and development of innovative and advanced energy technologies. These innovative technologies include fuel from algae, solar, and wind generation, battery manufacturing, advanced nuclear, and many others."
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| Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 14, 2012 |
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Jon Kyl, R-AZ
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"How about the third thing: American energy. We could be one the most energy-wealthy countries in the world—if not the most—just taking advantage of our own resources. We would no longer have to be dependent on the Middle East for our sources of energy. But unfortunately, here, too, the President and Senate Democrats have repeatedly pursued tax increases on the oil and gas industries, raised the cost of gasoline, and increased our dependence on foreign oil, according to the Congressional Research Service—the nonpartisan entity that looks into these things when we ask them."
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| Additional Statements |
May 14, 2012 |
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Susan Collins, R-ME
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"Before coming to the Senate, I worked at Husson University in Bangor, where I had the pleasure of getting to know Joe Cyr, Class of 1962, and his wonderful wife, Sue, Class of 1965. Joe has been a longtime member of the Husson Board of Trustees, and Sue been a volunteer supporter of uncommon energy. Joe and Sue’s generosity to Husson includes significant gifts to athletic programs, a new home for the university president, the annual fund, and most recently, the new Cyr Alumni Center. The countless ways they serve—from the Boys Scouts and the Y to St. Joseph Hospital—touch people of all ages."
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| Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed— Continued |
May 14, 2012 |
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Sherrod Brown, D-OH
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"Ohio’s manufacturers have been able to increase their exports with the assistance and the assurance that the Ex-Im Bank provides. In Fremont, OH, workers at Crown Battery, an employee-owned company, make renewable energy systems. With the help of the Ex-Im Bank’s short-term, multibuyer insurance policy, about $400,000 worth of Crown Battery’s storage battery manufacturing equipment was exported to South Africa. Middletown Tube Works in Butler County in southwest Ohio exports tubular steel to Spain and Portugal with less risk because of the Ex-Im Bank. Before that support, Nook Industries in Cuyahoga County required international customers to pay cash in advance of every order, which is an average of 4- to 6-weeks. Now Nook Industries has major customers in places such as China, South Korea, and Israel because of Ex-Im Bank support."
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