Desperation of the abuses they suffered at the hands of the chinese government. If it was not for this commission, nobody would know how the buddhists are being persecuted in tibet. In short, the commission has been and with passage of this legislation will continue to be the voice of the marginalized, oppressed and persecuted people who dare to worship, who dare to worship, according to the dictates of their conscience. The commission can be relied upon to consistently give the unvarnished truth, as mr. Smith said, about the true religious freedom in countries around the globe, whether they are strategic allies or adversaries. The commission is unhindered by the bureaucratic mores a that stymied the state department during democratic and republican administrations alike. Given the state of religious Freedom Abroad today, the sobering reality is that the commissions voice is as needed more now than ever before. I urge unanimous passage of this and yield back the balance of my time. The
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The demand center wherever it electricity is needed. There are several demonstration projects around the country looking at different ways, with battery or potentially hydrogen, looking at different ways to see if that makes sense. But right now with the amount of wind power we are producing, we can scale up to a fairly significant level of wind penetration, and just using the power grid and operating it is efficiently is the cheapest way, if we want to think about using the most portable forms first, the cheapest way to move effectively free power to the demand centers. There are lots of demonstration projects going on right now in combination with the industry and the department of industry and the department of energy to understand the opportunities such as the one that you mentioned that to be part of our system in the future. , thanklizabeth salerno you very much. For more information, go to a wea. Org. You can also follow them on twitter. That does it for today washington journal
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