Political Quotes

“I stand here today to be not only supportive, but enthusiastic about this legislation. It does very much what we have all been talking about really actually for hours today, about the fact that it embraces our ingenuity, our innovation and our deep interest in energy efficiency and conservation and in new technologies. In fact, this legislation provides for tax credit bond financing, to make sure that our cities and our States can move forward in helping our people be able to do this. There are special provisions to make sure that people can make sure their homes or residences are more energy efficient. It uses tax credits to do that. And there is a provision I have worked on particularly to make sure that our largest commercial buildings can be the most energy efficient that we know they can be. We know that giving them some tax incentives to make sure that our commercial buildings are as energy efficient will help us not only today, but for 50 and 75 years in the future. So I support this legislation. I am proud of it. I think we have used our public dollars in a very creative and important way. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act. This bill redirects $16 billion in oil industry tax giveaways into the development of renewable energy and energy conservation--setting a new direction for U.S. energy policy and putting the Nation on a path to energy independence.”