"I am told that Senator Murkowski may not be able to be here or if she is, she will have to be late."
"Both bills would create a Federal energy efficiency resource standard that would be independent of the Renewable Electricity Standard."
"We hope to learn more about the current efforts at the State level, where the EERS provisions have been enacted."
"I am glad Washington is now giving it the attention it deserves and is making it a priority."
"Those of us representing border states have seen the violence along the border escalate and over the years have pushed for increased funding and resources to help address the problem."
"We're losing the opportunity to grow our economy and the ability to compete on a global scale."
"We feel this bill changes course on support for manufacturing, and complements the industry-specific research and development activities."
"New technologies in the energy and environmental field are adopted typically because they are required by government mandates."
"Our country is struggling with some of the toughest economic challenges we've seen, at least in my lifetime."
"The purpose of the bill is to strengthen American manufacturing through improving industrial energy efficiency."
"to achieve a goal of 25% saving in 10 years will require both new and improved technologies with high rates of return for industry adoption."