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Durbin: Bipartisan Show of Support for FutureGen Project Funding in Senate Committee

Press Release

Date: July 10, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending Energy Environment


Durbin: Bipartisan Show of Support for FutureGen Project Funding in Senate Committee

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that a bipartisan group of senators voted to protect $134 million of previously appropriated funding for FutureGen until the next administration. The Energy and Water Appropriations bill passed by the full Senate Appropriations Committee also includes language prohibiting the Department of Energy from using the funds for its new restructured clean coal program. At the conclusion of today's vote, Durbin released the following statement:

"The bipartisan support that was shown for the FutureGen project at Mattoon should send a message to the Secretary of Energy that Congress has not given up on FutureGen," said Durbin. "If we have to, we are willing to wait for a new Administration that recognizes the urgency in developing this clean coal technology, but the time to begin is now. I will continue to work with other Members of Congress and with the Illinois delegation to keep this program alive in Washington and work to see that it moves forward at home."


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