[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 ANNOUNCING A NEW ILLINOIS POWER PLANT

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, in the days and weeks of bad news, I would 
like to come to the floor with some good news. On Monday, I attended an 
announcement of a collocated coal mine and power plant that is being 
planned and developed in Washington County, Illinois. Generation is 
planned for 2003. Construction of this facility will create 
approximately 1,500 jobs and then for the operation of the coal mine 
and the power plant another 500 jobs. These will be high-paying union 
jobs. This is what we and the administration hoped for in a national 
energy plan.
  I applaud the State of Illinois for their assistance and I look 
forward to low-cost, reliable, clean energy for Illinois and this 
Nation.

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