I think Mr. Trumka makes an important point in his presentation, and that is that we are in the midst of this recession right now primarily, in my view, because of the greed and re...
I think that that is terribly important.
There is a great fear out there that a lot of these technologies--solar, wind--that were developed in the United States ...
We are getting out the weatherization money that came from the Department I think very rapidly and effectively.
We don't want it invented in the United States and manufactured in China.
I think in the last 2 years you have done an extraordinary job, and I thank you very much for what you've done.
If there ever was a time to start rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, now is the time.
Today, the United States invests just 2.4 percent of GDP on infrastructure. Europe invests twice as much.
Thirty-five percent of Vermont's 2,700 bridges are either 'structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.'
It is high time that we create millions of jobs rebuilding our deteriorating infrastructure.
If you do not take care of your rotting infrastructure, your crumbling infrastructure, this year, it does not get better...