[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H6080-H6081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CLEAN ENERGY JOBS

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, the Clean Energy Jobs plan, which 
recently

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emerged from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is the next step 
to create millions of American jobs in clean energy efficiency and 
modernizing a smart electric grid. Clean energy can provide an engine 
to drive the Nation out of recession and sustain our economy for years 
to come.
  In my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, we are already seeing the 
dividends from investments made in this country with the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the form of new green jobs. Earlier 
this week General Electric announced it would relocate production of a 
new energy-efficient water heater from China to Louisville's Appliance 
Park, which is the location of the Consumer Products Division of GE. 
Federal dollars allocated to the State energy fund from the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act and reserved for the manufacture of 
energy-efficient products are available to support this project and 
others like it.
  The addition of 450 new green jobs in Louisville is a sign of the 
growth we had hoped would come from our major investment in the 
Nation's economic recovery and our commitment to moving this country 
toward energy independence.

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