Ed Markey: “Here is a company basically teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, with the Federal Government already having given it…”

“Here is a company basically teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, with the Federal Government already having given it, that company, an additional $1 billion from Federal taxpayers to keep it afloat. The Republicans all voted ``no.'' We're not going to set up any standards. We're not going to have any rules. When the Southern Company wanted $8 billion for two nuclear power plants, even though it's $1 billion over cost already, the Republicans say no problem, it's nuclear. So this is a pretty clear line here. It's an all-out assault on solar and wind, all-out. It's been going on for a year and a half. This is the next installment; it's all about the future. They're locked into the past, the Republican Party, that old way that has failed. As this new marketplace has opened up, they are doing everything they can to undermine that new future of solar and wind while tilting the playing field so that nuclear and coal continue to qualify for Federal taxpayer subsidies. Vote ``no'' on this only $88.4 billion dollars more for nuclear and fossil no more Solyndras act.”