[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NOMINATION OF JENNIFER GRANHOLM

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, now is the time to take substantive 
action to transition to renewable resources, combat climate change, and 
build a brighter future for Americans. To help manage that transition, 
President Biden has nominated Jennifer Granholm to be the Secretary of 
Energy.
  As the first female Governor and first female attorney general in 
Michigan history, Granholm oversaw the State's response to the great 
recession and worked closely with the Obama administration to save the 
Nation's auto industry and 1 million jobs. Granholm embraced innovative 
ideas to electrify the auto industry, stimulate State-wide job growth, 
and build the State's clean energy sector. She founded the American 
Jobs Project to promote technological advancements and clean energy 
policies to spark job creation and continues to push for clean energy 
policy nationwide.
  Additionally, Granholm backed tax credits and incentives for wind and 
solar and signed legislation requiring Michigan to get 10 percent of 
its energy from renewable sources. She is eminently qualified to 
spearhead research and development and set policies to reach President 
Biden's stated goal of getting to a 100-percent carbon pollution-free 
power sector by 2035.
  Granholm received bipartisan support from the Senate Energy and 
Natural Resources Committee, and we should follow their lead. She knows 
that clean energy is the key to creating millions of good jobs and 
mitigating climate change and is dedicated to advancing our Nation's 
nuclear security. For these reasons, I support Jennifer Granholm's 
nomination for Secretary of Energy.

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