On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I yield the gentlewoman an additional 3 minutes. Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. There was a recent study by the National Hydropower Association that showed we could double hydropower production in this country without building a new dam, simply by investing in new technologies, new turbines. Actually, only 3 percent of the dams in the country produce electricity. We could also, in this process, create 700,000 jobs. Unleashing American ingenuity to increase hydropower production will lower energy costs and help create thousands of jobs. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support American energy and support H.R. 267.
