Scott Klug: “Mr. Chairman, let me make several points in closing, if I could. First of all, let me reiterate to my colleague what the…”

“Mr. Chairman, let me make several points in closing, if I could. First of all, let me reiterate to my colleague what the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Schaefer] said, that fundamentally we made a decision in this Congress just 3 years ago that we would make an important transition from an era of fossil fuel to an era that included Federal funding for new emerging renewable technologies. That was just 3 years ago. And the choice now is as I think a number of my colleagues on the other side, the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Markey], the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio] have pointed out, here we find a situation where this bill continues to fund substantial amounts of money for coal research which we have been doing for 60 years, nuclear research which we have been doing for 40 years, and while it is true those programs are cut, they are not cut as dramatically as the renewable program under the markup we now find ourselves in from the committee. Finally, again, if I could say this one more time, this is not a vote about solar. This is a vote about renewables. That includes wind. It includes other technologies as well as solar technology. And finally, to primarily my Republican colleagues, let me assure them this does not add to the deficit.”