Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the gentleman's amendment. I didn't plan on speaking, but I couldn't help after hearing the comments, and I would gladly yield 30 seconds to the gentlelady if she wants to explain further. I have never heard this used as a measurement before, as a positive measurement, the number of jobs per megawatt for solar power. Now, I'm from Arizona. I like solar power. It's great. But since when are we using, as a positive, the number of jobs it takes to create a megawatt? Will it be seen as a positive in the future if it takes more jobs to create a megawatt? Is that a good thing for the economy? Is that a jobs program of some type? I mean, it just baffles me sometimes at the arguments that are made as to why we should keep programs like this going and keep spending. I would be glad to yield time to the gentlelady if she wants to explain that further. Ms. McCOLLUM. I thank the gentleman. The point is is that we are creating jobs using less energy, and when we do that, we save energy. But these jobs that are being created are improving our economy, our ability to compete internationally. And these jobs use less energy. So we're not investing in nuclear power plants and we're not investing in coal burning, which leads to--I kind of figured you would want your time back.”