[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 33 (Thursday, March 1, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CLEAN ENERGY JOBS BILL

  (Ms. BERKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of Nevada's 
struggling out-of-work families who understand that this Nation's top 
priority must be putting people back to work.
  One way that we can do this is by bringing clean energy manufacturing 
jobs to our State. My clean energy jobs bill does just that, by 
transforming our State's abundant wind, sun, and geothermal energy into 
good-paying jobs that can't be shipped overseas. It does this by 
getting our priorities lined up with our values.
  The bill extends a 30 percent tax credit for clean energy 
manufacturing companies that is paid for by eliminating the billions of 
taxpayer giveaways to big oil companies.
  Last year, Big Oil made $137 billion in profits. They don't need our 
money. Unfortunately, Washington Republicans just don't see it that 
way. In fact, the Republicans vote time and again to protect taxpayer-
funded handouts to greedy oil companies. Those are the wrong priorities 
for our Nation, and they are certainly the wrong priorities for the 
State of Nevada.
  With rising gas prices, it is time to hold big oil companies 
accountable and make Nevada the hub of our clean energy jobs future.
  I urge swift passage of this bill.

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