Political Quotes

“for years, solar power has been a growing source of clean, low-cost energy and economic development in my State of Nevada, in States across our Nation, and surely in States like the Presiding Officer's, in California, but Nevada currently has the largest solar economy in the country, with the most solar jobs per capita--per capita--of any State. Supporting solar energy creates American jobs, and these jobs are helping us to transition to clean, renewable energy. Our domestic solar industry is made up of more than 10,000 businesses, large and small, located in every single State, employing over 250,000 American workers. But, at this moment, the American solar industry is at risk. All of the progress we have made to transition to clean energy and dramatically lower energy costs for American families is at risk. Hundreds of thousands of good-paying solar jobs are at risk because of a Department of Commerce investigation into imported solar panels. Our domestic solar industry's success depends on a steady supply of solar panels to install. If we don't have the panels to install, we do not have--we just don't have--a domestic solar industry. Unfortunately, solar panel manufacturers in the United States can only meet the needs of 15 percent--15 percent--of American solar projects. That leaves 85 percent of solar projects without any access to solar panels, and this requires--requires--importing solar panels. And let me make something very clear.…”