Jon Tester: “I know there is at least one amendment pending on the floor. I want to speak about a different amendment, but I am not…”

“I know there is at least one amendment pending on the floor. I want to speak about a different amendment, but I am not going to call it up. I only want to talk about it with hopes that it will be called up in the near future and be given the kind of consideration we do here in the Senate, and hopefully get it put on this energy bill we are discussing. It is the geothermal initiative amendment. I first thank my colleagues Senators Bingaman, Reid, Murkowski, Stevens, Salazar, Akaka, Sanders, Snowe, and Hatch for cosponsoring this amendment. It is all about geothermal energy. It is what geothermal energy can be as far as a key component to our Nation's energy security, and how it can help contribute to a national renewable electricity standard. I have to point out that when we talk about the RPS amendment, the renewable portfolio standard amendment Senator Bingaman has, it seems as though the conversation always revolves around wind when, in fact, we ought to be talking about a lot more than wind. One of those things is geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is something that is clean, it is efficient, it is, in fact, renewable and can fight climate change.…”