Scott Walker: “In other words, the way in which the amendment is drafted, the other thing we ought to know about the amendment is that…”

“In other words, the way in which the amendment is drafted, the other thing we ought to know about the amendment is that the way in which the amendment is drafted also increases spending now by $30 million. Because the House earlier this evening cut money back, and so now we are going to respend the money. This is actually, in the way in which this amendment is drafted at the present time, an amendment that can spend money in all kinds of areas other than what is being purported out here. But it also increases spending by about $30 million. I think it is important to understand where this money has gone before, because you might say that, well, wind energy and all these things are good things to do. We ought to examine where we have been spending this money. Has it really gone for solar energy and wind energy? Let me give Members a couple of examples of where this money goes. Back in 1993, the money from these accounts went to pay the Solar Energy Industries Association of Washington, DC, for the Soltech Conference and Earth Day. Lobbyists loved it. The lobbyists got good money out of this and so on. That is what it went to pay for. We have got a couple of dandies here. In fiscal 1995 just passed, in a noncompetitive award to the American Wind Energy Association of Washington, DC, what did we get out of this, we got a grant to study avian activities associated with wind power.”