Federico E. [i.e. F.] Peņa Nomination: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Federico E. [i.e. F.] Peņa to be Secretary of the Department of Energy, January 30, 1997, Volume 4

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