Thank you for your continued interest in, and support for, the Section 1705 energy loan guarantee program.

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has worked diligently throughout this Congress to develop legislation that would strengthen our nation's energy security. In July of last year, on a strong bipartisan vote, the Committee…

Chairman Bingaman, I commend you for convening this hearing to discuss an issue that is vital to the future well being of US manufacturing.

Thank you very much.

The hearing today is to discuss the Propane Education and Research Council, known as PERC, and the National Oilheat Research Alliance, known as NORA.

We would strongly encourage you to enact a short term extension of the program, and then closely scrutinize the program.

I had concerns that the publicly available budgets and meeting minutes for each of the programs suggested that consumer education was consuming a disproportionate share of program resources.

This legislation, introduced by our New Mexico senators, Chairman Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, would expand the boundaries of the Carson National Forest.

the request of the Senator Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

I wish to speak on the legislation that is pending, the Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act, but also more generally on the issue of the loss of jobs, particularly in the energy sector, as we go forward. When BP Solar closed…

It is crucial that NORA be reauthorized as soon as possible.

I hope that you will be able to make the improvements to the bill so that this important program can be reestablished.