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By Linn Grubbstrom - Talk Radio News Service

Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), co-authors of the Senate's comprehensive energy independence and climate change legislation, said Tuesday that recent analysis from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed a decrease in the cost of Americans' energy bills resulting from their newly proposed legislation, the American Power Act.

"That means that every day, the American Power Act will save 60 times the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. That's real change," said Lieberman.

Both Senators said they are looking forward to hearing President Barack Obama's speech from the Oval Office tonight as he is expected to make a big push in favor of energy reform.

"The best way to avoid another tragic oil spill like the one on the Gulf today is to break our dependence in oil today to power our society and we need legislation to make that happen," Lieberman said. "So I hope and believe that President Obama will renew his commitment to comprehensive clean energy legislation."