Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for generously yielding to me. Wind PTC Mr. President, I am on the Senate floor today to continue urging this body to extend the production tax credit for wind. I intend to return to the floor every morning until the PTC has been extended, and I am going to talk about the economic and jobs effect on the nonextension in each State, and I am going to press my colleagues for an immediate extension. Today I want to focus on a wind giant in our country--Texas. Texas leads the Nation in wind energy production. The Lone Star State has more turbines than all but five countries. As you can see, this chart I have in the Chamber outlines all the installed wind projects in Texas. You can see that across the State-- from the south to the west, from El Paso to Galveston, from the Panhandle to southern Texas--the wind industry has created thousands of jobs and it has helped boost the manufacturing and construction sectors with good-paying American jobs. For example, Sweetwater, a town of 11,000 people, has become the new Spindletop: You drive past it on the interstate and there is a forest of giant wind turbines. Among the cotton fields of this west Texas rural community, Sweetwater is home to one of the largest wind farms in Texas. And the wind industry, using Sweetwater's open spaces, constant winds, and transmission capacity, has helped revitalize this rural community--and really all of Nolan County.…”