[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1033-H1034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ENERGY EDUCATION LOAN FORGIVENESS ACT

  (Mr. WILSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WILSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, this week I introduced the Energy 
Education Loan Forgiveness Act, a bill to provide student loan 
forgiveness to

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skilled workers in advanced energy industries.
  The United States is already facing a critical shortage of trained 
workers for jobs that focus on energy efficiency, and studies show that 
demand for such workers will only grow. We need more workers, but we 
have to educate them properly, and the cost of such an education is an 
obstacle to many.
  My legislation would help ease this burden by establishing a student 
loan forgiveness program for energy students who go to work in the 
advanced energy field. This program would start at $2,000 in 
forgiveness in the first year and go up to $5,000 with 5 years.
  If we want our country to lead the way in advanced energy 
technologies, we have to be willing to invest in that workforce through 
education.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important 
legislation.

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