John Garamendi: “My recollection is that the Democratic side said, Let's give people jobs. Let's use the public's tax money to employ…”

“My recollection is that the Democratic side said, Let's give people jobs. Let's use the public's tax money to employ people to do energy conservation. The Republicans, to a person, voted ``no.'' Whose side do you stand on? Are you going to take those tax dollars and continue to give them to the oil industry and to the coal industry or are you going to take those tax dollars and put people to work, achieve the energy conservation and allow homeowners and renters to see their energy bills go down? The Republican Party made a very clear decision on who they stand with. They do not stand with the homeowner. They do not stand with those who could get the jobs. Instead, they voted ``no'' on those three conservation programs that would put people to work.”