[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 52 (Thursday, March 26, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       WHO SHOULD GET THE BONUSES

  (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning on behalf of the 
Sustainable Energy and Environment Caucus. There has been a lot of talk 
and controversy on the floor about bonuses for America's executives. 
Let me tell you who I believe really deserve bonuses.
  It's the energy entrepreneurs who are working every single day to 
develop the new technologies that will end our dependence on foreign 
oil. It's the people on Long Island who are working on LED lighting and 
biofuels; the people at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 
Golden, Colorado, who are working on battery storage; the people at 
General Motors who are working on plug-in hybrids; the people at 
Brookhaven National Labs who are working on nanotech; the venture 
capitalists and the investors and the engineers and the researchers and 
the developers who are bringing new technologies to market which will 
reduce our dependence on foreign oil once and for all, which will 
create a new generation of jobs, which will expand our economy, and 
which will reduce energy costs.
  Those are the people who are creating a new future for America's 
economy, and those are the people who we should be rewarding with 
bonuses and our appreciation.

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