[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13794]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               INTRODUCTION OF CLEAN ENERGY PROMOTION ACT

  (Mr. HEINRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HEINRICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to introduce the Clean 
Energy Promotion Act. This bill will help create thousands of clean 
energy jobs across America and help end our dependence on foreign oil. 
Today some 200 solar energy projects, 25 wind energy projects and 200 
wind energy production test sites are on hold because the Bureau of 
Land Management doesn't have the resources to evaluate their 
applications. Madam Speaker, bureaucratic bottlenecks should not stand 
in the way of thousands of clean energy jobs. My bill will help 
eliminate these bottlenecks by creating a dedicated funding stream so 
that the BLM can remove the current backlog in applications and 
facilitate future projects. This is a long-term, commonsense investment 
in America's energy leadership. Not only will we jump-start clean 
energy job creation today, we'll also be laying the foundation for 
America's clean energy prosperity tomorrow.
  I urge your support.

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