Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, and I want to join with my colleague, Mr. Welch, in congratulating all in the leadership: Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Welch, Mr. Pallone, and the chairman of the full committee. Mr. Speaker, this is a modest but, most importantly, a bipartisan piece of legislation that combines three separate energy efficiency titles. This bill was passed by unanimous consent out of the Senate just this last month. The bill before us today is also similar to H.R. 2126, which passed out of this House in the last session of Congress on an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 375-36. The first title of this bill, Madam Speaker, is the Better Buildings Act, which was introduced into the Congress by my friends and colleagues, the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. McKinley) and the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch). This title simply directs the General Services Administration to develop model leasing provisions and best practices to encourage commercial building owners and their tenants to invest in cost-effective energy efficiency measures. These model leasing provisions may then be used in Federal leases and, along with the best practices, Madam Speaker, shall be made available to all State and local governments.…”