On the recordFebruary 10, 2011
There is nothing wrong with having our committees review regulations. But the problem is we are wasting 9 rac{1}{2} hours when we are involved in a great race, a great competition. We are in a race with China and other places in the world to build a clean energy economy that can create millions of new jobs in solar and wind and electric cars and lithium ion batteries. And you can be assured that the Chinese are not wasting 9 rac{1}{2} hours when it comes to figuring out how to form capital formation for solar power companies. That's what we should be doing. You can be assured the Chinese aren't wasting 9 rac{1}{2} hours trying to figure out how to site high-density transmission lines so we can have clean energy plants and move that electricity across their country. That's what we should be doing on a bipartisan basis. You can be assured that the Chinese aren't wasting 9 rac{1}{2} hours figuring out how to create a demand for new wind energy so we can put people to work building wind farms. That's what we should be doing. And you know what, last year the Republicans passed a clean energy standard which we could be talking about this year on a bipartisan basis. Instead, we're wasting 9 rac{1}{2} hours talking about something all of us agree to do.
