Modernize energy technology through research and development of new technologies.

Mark Pocan · Wisconsin · Democratic

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My goal is to modernize our energy technology through research and development of new technologies so that we can continue to create and manufacture goods while reducing harmful pollution and saving consumers money.

Commits to using R&D to modernize energy technology and reduce pollution.

Energy and Environment | Congressman Mark Pocan
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My goal is to modernize our energy technology through research and development of new technologies so that we can continue to create and manufacture goods while reducing harmful pollution and saving consumers money.

Official issue-page language states the commitment, but the page itself does not show a completed legislative or executive outcome in the current lookback window. No concrete delivery, blocked action, or reversal is evidenced here, so the status remains unresolved.

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Energy and Environment | Congressman Mark Pocan
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Pocan remained in federal office when Congress enacted major energy and technology R&D measures, most notably the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, which authorized large Department of Energy science and clean-energy research investments aimed at new energy technologies. As a sitting House member, his vote and participation in the federal legislative process count toward candidate credit for this broad promise to modernize energy technology through research and development. The promise was broad rather than tied to a single Pocan-authored bill, so the credit is legislative-member credit rather than sole authorship, but the enacted outcome substantially matches the commitment.

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