[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17914]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           TRIBUTE TO LEADERS OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAUCUS

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                           HON. JOE COURTNEY

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 31, 2008

  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend the leaders of 
the Energy Efficiency Caucus, Representatives Mark Udall and Zach Wamp, 
for spearheading the Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy 
Efficiency Expo. More than 50 businesses from around the country will 
demonstrate their sustainable energy technologies.
  Energy efficiency must be the cornerstone of our energy policy 
because it affords our country the ability to decrease demand for oil 
and other energy sources, thus reducing our overall energy consumption 
and increasing our national security. Congress must enact incentives to 
make sure that these technologies flourish.
  As I travel across Connecticut's Second Congressional District, I 
have seen first-hand the innovation that businesses, school districts 
and families are employing to reduce their energy costs and reduce 
energy emissions.
  Earlier this week, I attended a House field hearing in Hartford, 
Connecticut, at which the leaders of General Electric and United 
Technologies Corporation, both headquartered in Connecticut, discussed 
their energy efficient technologies. These two companies, like the ones 
exhibiting at the EXPO, have developed a variety of products for all 
sectors of the economy. At the same time, these companies are also 
seeing their own energy consumption and costs lowered as they embrace 
energy efficient technologies internally.
  I encourage my colleagues to stop by the EXPO in the Cannon Caucus 
Room on Thursday anytime between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. It is an opportunity to 
see innovation first-hand.

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