[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 150 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CELEBRATING THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise to celebrate the Inflation 
Reduction Act. This law not only makes a massive $370 billion climate 
and energy investment nationwide, but it could generate up to 5 million 
new clean energy jobs across America.
  Madam Speaker, Texas is number one in wind energy and number two in 
solar energy. Texas led all States in overall renewable energy 
production in the first quarter of 2022. There are nearly 240,000 Texas 
workers in the clean energy industry.
  This number will soon increase because of the estimated $66 billion 
investment in Texas' clean power industry between now and 2030. More 
Texas workers will be able to gain employment across the solar, wind, 
and other clean energy industries.
  President Biden and House Democrats are not only fighting the climate 
crisis, but we are making sure workers can transition into good-paying 
clean energy jobs. We are putting people over politics, and it is about 
jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

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