Paul Tonko: “Absolutely. Well, let me tell you, Representative Garamendi, what this means is that with that recovery money, with the…”

“Absolutely. Well, let me tell you, Representative Garamendi, what this means is that with that recovery money, with the stimulus money that the Democrats support and the Republicans said ``no'' to, we were able to, for once now, finally, appropriate moneys for the science, the technology, and the basic research. What they will do at SuperPower is develop that final model that will then be deployed into a manufacturing concept that will allow us to create the storage potential for exactly what you were talking about, solar energy and wind energy, which is intermittent in nature. If we get the storage issue, the battery issue resolved, it becomes even more powerful. So it's not just about taking a garage idea and creating a manufactured product out of it, but it's also creating jobs, which then enables us to create better energy solutions. So all of this, in a big picture format, is a whiz-kid idea where everybody from tradesmen to Ph.D.'s all get their hands in the action, where we develop a product line which requires manufacturing jobs, but then that product will enable us to respond more favorably and fully to the energy solutions that we can do here domestically and be more energy self-efficient and energy independent. It all comes together in a master plan that uses the American workers' intellect from skilled labor on over to the Ph.D. And it all happens with our saying ``yes'' to a partnership like that of the stimulus package.”