Political Quotes

“Well, let me give you an example that I know in my own district, the East Bay, Contra Costa County and Alameda County. The community colleges are putting together educational programs for the men and women that will start their own businesses to do that retrofitting, to do the insulation, the caulking of the doors and windows. We need a million caulkers out there in order for our homes to be energy efficient, but they have to be trained. The installation of the solar panels, that's a kind of employment opportunity for small businesses to get up and get going, often in conjunction with the manufacturers. So what you are doing with your legislation is to provide a foundation, a financial foundation, that the small businesses or that the homeowner would then take advantage of the loan and the small businesses would then have the opportunity to engage with the homeowner to do the work. This is the kind of thinking that we are finding on the Democratic side of the aisle, how to leverage. And your piece of legislation, together with the educational programs that have also passed this House in the last several months, all come together to create jobs.”