I am proud to offer a bill along with my colleague Greg Stanton of Arizona, to help municipalities achieve their goals of lessening a carbon footprint.

Last month we heard from a panel of industry experts and business owners that they can't find enough workers with the right skill sets to fill the jobs that they need in a clean energy economy.

We have a tremendous opportunity to actually incubate and grow an industry that does not exist. It is going to need cooperation between Federal, State, and local governments.

I mean, the basic idea of trying to take some of those Federal programs to work locally where we have enormous opportunity, particularly in Southeastern New England, with some economically challenged communities to try to put this on the…

This legislation would ensure that we are training our workforce for new jobs in clean energy.

If it takes us hauling you in after people are telling us that they are rationing the lives of their children, how does this work?

You are hearing bipartisan frustration on this. You are not going to--the status quo is not going to continue, it can't.

I went to the web page for the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity to look at the Equity in Energy program... says, 'site under construction.'

We have enormous opportunities sitting right in front of us to create a new energy--a new American industry to become world leaders in offshore wind.

Thank you for your attention to this bipartisan legislation as we work to support the existence of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

I think we have to encourage competition at every turn.

One-hundred percent.