[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13991]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           CLEAN ENERGY JOBS

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee 
reached an agreement on the framework for transforming our economy for 
decades to come while saving the planet in the process, which should be 
all of our goal. Before the end of the year, we hope to pass 
comprehensive energy and job-creating legislation to make clean, 
American energy available for all of us. The clean energy jobs plan is 
the next step to create millions of American jobs in clean energy, 
efficiency, modernization, and a smart electrical grid.
  Energy, as a matter, is critical to our own national security and to 
our self-determination to stop our overarching dependence on foreign 
oil. And in terms of our environment with the same successful 
bipartisan American solution that we use to fight acid rain, we can 
crack down on the persistent polluters who damage our air and water.
  The time for clean energy legislation is now. It will create millions 
of jobs, reduce our dependency on foreign oil, and it will retool 
America's industries.

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