Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of H.R. 6582, the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act, and I want to thank Mr. Waxman and his staff for working with us on this legislation. Part of it has been passed in the Senate, and we've worked very closely with the Senate staff and Members as well. This is a small but critical piece of energy legislation that I encourage my colleagues to support: Section 2 deals with an outdated standard for walk-in coolers that is actually resulting in layoffs and loss of jobs in the State of Alabama; Section 3 deals with a fix to water heater requirements that will reduce regulatory burdens on manufacturers by transitioning to a single definition for all covered water heaters; Section 4 fixes a standard that cannot be met from the 2007 energy bill for ``service over the counter'' refrigerators; Section 5 deals with small duct high velocity systems; Sections 6 and 7 seek to improve Federal coordination to help develop and deploy industrial energy efficiency technologies; Sections 8 and 9 aim to improve Federal energy efficiency, which will ultimately save taxpayers money; Section 10 makes additional routine technical corrections to the 2007 energy bill.…”