John Yarmuth: “I understand the Republican party's love affair with fossil fuels. After all, the fossil industry has dominated the…”

“I understand the Republican party's love affair with fossil fuels. After all, the fossil industry has dominated the direction of energy policy in this country for the last generation, but the American people know that our future is not with fossil fuels, that it is not with oil and that it is not with coal. It is with alternative and renewable energy. They know also that this is the way we will help create new jobs in the economy. In a recent poll, almost 70 percent of the people said they thought an emphasis on alternative renewable fuels, just like we have done in our ACES Act, will create jobs for the American economy--in one estimate, up to 2 million jobs. In my own district, General Electric is bringing back 800 jobs to build energy-efficient appliances--400 of them coming back from China. Energy reform is a job creator. The American people know it. I hope the Republican Party will join us in bringing the energy situation in this country into the 21st century and will join us in creating new jobs for a new American economy.”