"The US a year ago was still in denial on issues of energy conservation, " said Earl Blumenauer, a Congressman from Oregon and a champion of the environment.

俄勒冈和一位国会议员和环保拥护者Earl Blumenauer说：“美国一年前还对能源节约问题持拒绝态度。”

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Mr Obama's infrastructure bank is a variation on a scheme that Chris Dodd, a Democrat, and Chuck Hagel, a Republican, introduced in the Senate last year. (The bill, is still pending.) In the House, Earl Blumenauer has proposed a commission to guide infrastructure investment.

ECONOMIST: Infrastructure