I thank very much my Vice Chair, Senator Heller, for being very supportive of holding this hearing.
Well, there is nothing like a living wage job as a foundation for a family, so that is terrific.
Creating good-paying jobs is one of the best ways to restore and strengthen the middle class.
I am convinced that it can be an extraordinarily important innovative State.
And, Berenice, you said in your testimony that the average savings, I believe, were 34 percent.
I'm going to be introducing a bill this coming month that focuses on energy savings in the manufacturing process.
We need policy that insures that rate payer dollars can mingle effectively with public dollars.
So that term, workforce mapping, was relatively--well, it was new to me, not relatively new. It was new.
If my children were very young, I'd be thinking about moving to Vernonia.
I appreciate your comments, and I also think it's very cool that the solar panels are going up.
But, really, what we're talking about here is how good environmental policy becomes very good economic policy as well.