Political Quotes

“I appreciate my colleagues' newfound concern for the environment and for the industry. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record correspondence from the solar industry in the United States opposing their resolution and supporting our position. Re: Please Oppose Retroactive Duties and Protect American Clean Energy Jobs and Investment With a ``No'' Vote on the Auxin CRA (H.J. Res. 39/S.J. Res. 15). We are writing to respectfully ask that you oppose H.J. Res. 39/S.J. Res. 15. Enactment of this resolution would impose over $1 billion in retroactive duty liability, increase energy costs for consumers, cost thousands of American jobs, and hamstring efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, a single company filed anti-circumvention petitions with the Department of Commerce (Commerce). The threat of duties ranging from 50 percent-250 percent on solar panels and cells from Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia called for in the petitions abruptly froze solar supply chains. A significant number of domestic solar projects experienced cancellations or delays as a result. To address this disruption, after Commerce accepted the petitions and initiated a set of investigations, President Biden issued an emergency declaration that included a temporary 2-year pause on potential duties arising from the investigations. This pause allowed planned solar projects to move forward while the investigations proceeded.…”