Thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony.

Thank you for this opportunity to testify. My Summit colleagues and I welcome your questions, and we appreciate your thoughtful policymaking and support on this vital matter.

We appreciate your interest in and leadership on this issue.

I commend the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for this hearing examining the DOE Loan Guarantee program.

I thank the Chairman and the Committee for this opportunity and your ongoing support of tribal energy development and the needs of Indian communities nationwide.

I urge Congress and DOE to demonstrate that they share this commitment and to develop a solution as soon as possible this year.

Establishing an entirely new institution is a heroic undertaking, however, and it is not clear that such an initiative is necessary.

This hearing is both timely and important, given the program's challenges to date and the possibility it may expand dramatically.

He indicated that the Department is going to do all it can to move ahead with a generation of green jobs.

The Bingaman RPS proposal would establish a national renewable energy floor but allow states to exceed that floor if they so choose.

This is not the sole solution to global--to climate change and to carbon, but it is a major component to it.