[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORT THE WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY

  (Mr. LOEBSACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LOEBSACK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support 
for the wind energy industry, the workers that it employs, and the 
clean energy it produces.
  My home State of Iowa leads the Nation in the amount of electricity 
consumers get from wind, with around 30 percent of our electric power 
coming from wind. It also supports some 80,000 jobs across the country 
and over 6,000 in Iowa alone.
  My district is a manufacturing powerhouse, with several major 
manufacturing facilities, including Siemens, TPI Composites and Trinity 
Structural Towers. I was happy today to be able to meet with 
representatives from these companies to discuss the need for Federal 
policy stability, specifically an extension of the production tax 
credit.
  It is my hope that this body will take up a tax extenders bill soon 
which includes an extension of the renewable energy production tax 
credit. Please join me in supporting these American manufacturing 
companies and all the hard-working Americans that they employ.

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