Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their great work on this: Mr. Rush from Illinois and, of course, the former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, my friend, Mr. Upton, and our other committee members who put so much into these important pieces of legislation. To date, the committee has worked in a bipartisan manner to examine and advance thoughtful solutions that prioritize consumers, support American businesses and jobs, and protect the environment. These commonsense, bipartisan bills we are considering today continue this very strong and bipartisan effort. As many of you have heard me discuss before, hydropower plays an integral role in electricity generation across our great country as well as in my home State of Oregon. In fact, nearly 43 percent of electricity in Oregon comes from this dependable base load power resource, and it has supported jobs along the Columbia River and throughout the State. Two of the three bills under consideration today build upon the committee's work promoting this emissions-free energy resource. In fact, the House of Representatives has already passed 10 Energy and Commerce Committee bills that promote hydropower and modernize the licensing process so we can get these projects to market faster. H.R. 2872, the Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act, is authored by my good friend from Indiana and committee member, Larry Bucshon. Dr.…”