Douglas Alexander: “if Chairman Domenici were here tonight, he would urge our colleagues to oppose the Sununu amendment because it is…”

“if Chairman Domenici were here tonight, he would urge our colleagues to oppose the Sununu amendment because it is critical to this clean energy bill. If we want lower natural gas prices, we need new technologies for carbon sequestration, for advanced nuclear, for solar, for biomass, and for hybrid vehicles. We need to invest in these options and jump start them. We have done that throughout our history in America. That is our secret weapon, our science and technology, research and development. Chairman Domenici likes the existing provision because this is for new technology. It is not a free ride. Chairman Domenici would urge Members, as I do, to vote no on Sununu- Wyden because his existing provision jumpstarts new technologies for a clean energy bill from coal plants to sequestration to advanced nuclear to solar, new technologies not in general use. It costs the Government nothing, according to the scoring of the Congressional Budget Office. It is like an insurance policy. The user of the guarantee pays the premium. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.”