[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H196-H197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         A NEW ECONOMIC VISION

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, we know that job creation is Congress's job 
one, and we passed some time ago a great job creation engine for a 
clean energy economy in the United States. We passed that months ago in 
the U.S. House, and we know we have a tremendous opportunity for job 
creation. Building electric cars: I drove a Ford Focus all-electric car 
a couple of months ago. Building solar thermal plants: We now have 
contracts developing out in the Southwest. Building new energy-
efficient windows: We heard from an entrepreneur the other day about 
the tremendous advances in energy efficiency.
  Yet, to realize this economic vision, the U.S. Senate needs to get 
off the dime and pass a clean energy bill, and those who think that we 
should do nothing because Copenhagen didn't reach an agreement, I'll 
tell you what: the Chinese are not waiting. They're building solar 
plants. They're building electrical lithium-ion batteries. They're 
building new energy-efficient windows.
  The U.S. Senate needs to join us and create a job-creating engine 
with clean energy and pass the energy bill.

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