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[Rezwan]

Steven Chu sounds sympathetic. Bio on wikipedia notes

Chu has been a vocal advocate for more research into alternative energy and nuclear power, arguing that a shift away from fossil fuels is essential to combat global warming.[16]

Then again, he’s big on biofuels.

Chu was instrumental in submitting a winning bid for the Energy Biosciences Institute, a BP-funded $500 million multi-disciplinary collaborative project between UC Berkeley, the Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the University of Illinois.

EBI is

The world’s first research institution solely dedicated to the new field of energy bioscience, is initially focusing on the development of next-generation biofuels, but will also look into various applications of biology to the energy sector

Bart Gordon, Rep. Tennessee, science committee member also sounds lobby-able. Tennessee constituents, tell him how you feel!

These two names were from the ARPA-E article above.