Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. I think the gentleman's amendment, including some vagueness of his language, will likely have many unintended consequences. For example, one of the projects, the Enbridge corporation, which constructed the Montana-Alberta power line, has already repaid our government $161 million of its borrowed authority--its loan--decades ahead of schedule, showing that transmission projects, when vetted properly, are sound investments. Essentially, his proposal would repeal the Western Area Power Administration's borrowing authority for the construction of transmission lines that would bring renewable energy to market. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $3.25 billion in borrowing authority for WAPA. This authority allowed for the construction of new transmission lines to deliver power from renewable energy sources. By repealing their authority, it is just another example of, unfortunately, the Republican Party's anti-renewable energy strategy. The borrowing authority has already led to the financing of two much- needed transmission lines out West--not even in my own part of the country--the one that I mentioned, the Montana-Alberta transmission line, which brings wind power to markets in our country, and the Palo Verde Electrical District 5 in Arizona. The Tohono O'odham Nation is already looking to utilize the PV-ED5 line to bring solar power generated on to their reservation. Mr.…”