Ed Markey: “this is the energy vote of the decade. This is the most important vote of the day, because this vote is about the…”

“this is the energy vote of the decade. This is the most important vote of the day, because this vote is about the future. This vote will decide whether or not we are going to have 15 percent of our electricity by 2020 generated by wind, by solar, by biomass and by the other renewable electricity energy resources. Climate change, dependence upon imported oil, all of it is in this fossil fuel agenda. This gives us a chance to move to a new agenda, a new way of generating energy in our country: 15 percent by 2020. This is the challenge for our country. This is what the American people expect from us, not to be held hostage by OPEC, not to be polluting the atmosphere, not to be exacerbating climate change, but to be moving to a renewable future. This is the vote of the decade on the energy future of our country. This will send a signal to Europe, to China, to India, that we are serious about climate change, that we are serious about energy independence. Vote yes on the Udall-Platts amendment. Vote for the future and not for the past. Mr. Chairman, it is time for us to move on to the new agenda.”