On the recordDecember 13, 2011
That is a very large number of Senators to have put their names on a letter. These letters are hard. People are busy. They do not have time. You get 30 names on a letter, and we say: Extend these tax cuts for jobs, for the environment, for all the good things. I ask unanimous consent to have the letter Senator Whitehouse organized printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, December 7, 2011. Hon. Harry Reid, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. Max Baucus, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. Mitch McConnell, Republican Leader, U.S. Senate, Washington. DC. Hon. Orrin Hatch, Ranking, Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Dear Majority Leader Reid, Republican Leader McConnell, Chairman Baucus, and Ranking Member Hatch: We are writing to urge your support for the extension of key expiring clean energy and efficiency tax provisions that create jobs and protect our environment. Allowing these incentives to expire would harm the U.S. economy, eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, and sideline billions of dollars of private sector capital investments. In particular, the renewable energy industry would be negatively impacted by an expiration of provisions.…
