Wendy Sherman: “I take up that issue about conservation research and renewables. The President's budget which then passed the floor of…”

“I take up that issue about conservation research and renewables. The President's budget which then passed the floor of this House cut those areas by a third. We are in the middle of an energy crisis, but we cut our research on renewables conservation. It is absolutely absurd. Then the President, realizing that the whole country wants research into renewables and conservation, issued this glossy report in which he says he is going to provide $2 billion in tax credits for clean coal, billions more for those who buy energy-efficient appliances. Billions and billions, except for one thing, he cut the money in the budget. So which is the law of the land, the budget we pass here? The glossy booklet that they put out of the White House press office; it is unfortunately, in this case, the law. That is why the President needs a blackout because in the light of day it becomes apparent what he is advocating on the one hand out of the press office, which there is no money in the budget for, there will be no money appropriated for, it will never happen; but it will be talked about.”