On the recordJune 6, 2012
I rise to thank the gentleman and express a lot of shock here. But I appreciate the fine work the gentleman does on this legislation. Again, this program is advocacy for a proven technology. After 13 years of this program, to spend more--and we really don't understand how much each year, but it could be $5.5 million--for people in the Federal Government, on taxpayer dollars, to go and advocate on behalf of wind energy. All of us receive visits frequently from people in the wind industry who have proven technology, who are out there already deploying it. Why in the world we should continue to spend hard-earned taxpayer dollars to advocate for these programs, I just don't know. So I thank the gentleman, the chairman of the committee, for supporting the amendment, and I urge its adoption. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake). The amendment was agreed to.
