Political Quotes

“Madam President, the debate over the bill we have before us can be boiled down to one simple thing: jobs. Extending middle-class tax cuts will help create jobs. Not extending middle-class tax cuts would cost jobs. Jobs must be our No. 1 priority. And so we must pass this bill. We know cutting taxes for middle-class families is one of the most effective ways to grow our economy. When working folks keep more of their hard-earned money, they pump it back into our economy and support jobs. This bill also includes a number of other important provisions designed to create jobs, and I would like to take a moment to focus on one of those provisions--the 1603 grant program that makes resources available for renewable power development. The 1603 grant program provides renewable energy companies with money up front to cover 30 percent of the costs of renewable power facilities, such as wind farms and solar projects, and that means jobs. According to a study by the independent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the 1603 grant program is responsible for saving 55,000 American jobs in the wind industry alone. It is estimated that 1603 is responsible for helping to produce as many as 2,400 megawatts of wind power--about a quarter of all wind power installed in 2009. This includes projects such as the Glacier Wind Farm near Shelby, MT.…”