On the recordSeptember 21, 2012
Then I will yield myself the balance of my time. Wind and solar is the most abundant source of energy in the United States--when we capture it. Einstein won his Nobel Prize in 1921, the only one that won a Nobel Prize, and that's on how to capture the power of the sun. And now we're on the cusp of doing this successfully as the price per kilowatt hour drops and drops--and then it's all American. And who is now looming over our shoulder, even though we invented these technologies, even though we're producing these technologies, are the Chinese, the Indians, and others who will pounce on this global opportunity to create the jobs here in the United States, to export this technology around the world even as we deploy the technology here in our country that backs out the energy sources from around the rest of the world. This is what they fear. They fear the innovation. They fear the change. They fear our ability to capture wind and solar to be able to power the vehicles which we drive in our country, to be able to send up a cleaner source of energy up into the sky that does not pollute. That's what this battle is all about. We do not want special advantage. All we want is a level playing field. The Republicans continue this war against wind and solar. Vote ``aye'' for the Markey amendment, 25 percent renewable electricity by the year 2035. I yield back the balance of my time.
