[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 118 (Thursday, July 17, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H6681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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 WELCOMING REPUBLICANS TO THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LAB IN COLORADO

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, good morning.
  Tomorrow, several of my Republican colleagues are coming to Golden, 
Colorado, which is my home, to visit the National Renewable Energy Lab, 
and I want to welcome them, and I want to thank them for coming out to 
take a look at that laboratory. It's the finest laboratory in the world 
to come up with energy efficiency and renewable energy alternatives.
  In this day and age with gas at $4 a gallon, we have to look forward. 
We cannot remain hooked and addicted to oil and dependent on the Middle 
East. And so by them coming out to Colorado--they've never really 
favored renewable energy and energy efficiency--but it's time that we 
stop this addiction that we face.
  And so we all know, and I'm beginning to hear my friends on the 
Republican side of the aisle recognize the need for renewable energy 
and energy efficiency because it's good for national security, it's 
good for the climate, and it is good for jobs; and I welcome them to my 
home in Golden, Colorado, and I look forward to them looking and 
visiting the National Renewable Energy Lab.

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