Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. While I appreciate the gentleman's support for direct-solar energy, this provision helps a specific technology to gain greater business opportunities. Unfortunately, their technology--direct solar--does not generate electricity or energy. It simply dispenses sunlight from skylights. If this amendment were to pass, the Department of Defense could meet all of their renewable-energy goals simply by accounting for light through windows, and this is not wise. By adopting this amendment, we head down a slippery slope whereby we begin to highlight specific technologies in statute. And given the evolving nature of these technologies, that is not wise. The Department of Energy is the lead Department for defining energy standards and definitions, and this amendment undermines that expertise. Again, this seemingly innocuous amendment has some significant unintended consequences. I reserve the balance of my time.”