I know that our energy policy and climate change policy will work for jobs if we do this right and focus on manufacturing.

We, I believe our companies have been competing against countries.

I'm very pleased to be introducing one of our witnesses, but also for your consistent advocacy for manufacturing within renewable energy, alternative energy.

We see Japan and China and Korea and Germany has a great battery alliance.

That bill would provide a dedicated funding source for the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program through allocation of monies received from energy development onshore and offshore on federally managed land and water.

The Teaming with Wildlife Act of 2009 would provide a dedicated funding source for the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program.

I think is such an important new area for us to focus on.

I look forward to supporting your nomination on the floor and to working with you.

There is a lot of work being done, important work, being done to craft the right kind of balance for moving forward.

I don't want to be helping to finance those plants or those facilities going overseas through import/export bank.

I find that there is a hole here when we are deploying technologies, but somehow not counting the manufacturing of that new technology as part of it.

I find the idea of a clean energy bank very intriguing, very appealing to really look at how we can boldly move forward on all fronts because there's so many opportunities.

We are honored to be a member of this committee, as a new member who has tremendous interest, coming from my home State of Michigan, in energy.

I want to take a moment, after listening to colleagues--today and throughout the week--on the other side of the aisle, to talk about the fact that this package is strongly supported by the majority of our caucus and I believe the majority…

We have seen job loss within the last 8 years like we have never seen before. In fact, in the last year, we lost 2.589 million jobs. It is accelerating every month-- 500,000 last month, 500,000 the month before. We are seeing new numbers…

H.R. 1 provides critical incentives for the adoption of meaningful EMR technology. Adoption of this technology is essential to improving care and reducing costs. Michigan hospitals have been at the forefront of critical advances in health…

I just came from a very large conference called the Blue Green Conference with about 2,500 people who are in town from environmental groups, labor organizations, business organizations, focused on exactly what the Senator is talking about…

It's not enough just to have someone that you trust. We have to have specific criteria as to what is going to be happening. Will there be accountability, transparency? We can't even get answers.

I find it quite extraordinary when I hear colleagues talking about objecting to spending Federal dollars right now--Federal dollars that would add to the deficit--given where we have come from in the last 8 years. I remember back when I…

Well it's not enough just to have someone that you trust we have to have specific criteria as to what is going to be happening. Will there be accountability and transparency? We can't even get answers.

There is no question about that. We have a number of very important projects that have applied through Section 136.

inaction is not going to help.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Secretary, welcome. I appreciate all of your efforts to date.

if Tennessee would like to forego the $4 billion they are receiving in the stimulus, the State of Michigan at 10.6 percent unemployment, and rising, would be happy to accept that.

the reality is our country, our Government should have acted sooner on the issues that are in front of us.