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This month, my Senate colleagues
and I passed comprehensive energy legislation which I believe will stimulate our domestic economy, strengthen national security by making our nation more energy self reliant, and increase environmental standards. It also included provisions from two research bills that I cosponsored to increase investment in carbon capture and storage technologies, which hold potential for Virginia’s vast coal reserves to be used in an efficient and environmentally-sound manner.
As Virginians know all too well, energy costs have soared to an all-time high across the nation. Since Januaiy, motorists are paying, on average, a dollar more at the pump. The increase in gas prices is hurting summer tourism and is negatively affecting other parts of the Virginia economy
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