[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14569]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CLEAN ENERGY JOBS EARN ALBUQUERQUE A RANKING IN KEY JOB GROWTH AREAS

  (Mr. HEINRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. Speaker, we are at a tipping point in our country's 
energy policy debate. Today, Americans are realizing the potential jobs 
that are at stake in our country's energy policy.
  In New Mexico's First Congressional District, Schott Solar is on 
track to employ 1,400 people in Albuquerque; Solar Array Ventures, 
another 1,000 people; hundreds have already helped build the 100-
megawatt High Lonesome Mesa wind energy project; and Sandia National 
Laboratories continues to partner with multiple clean energy startups.
  These clean energy jobs earned Albuquerque a second-place ranking in 
Kiplinger magazine's 2009 listing of cities leading the country in key 
job growth areas, the kinds of jobs that are leading America toward 
economic recovery.
  Mr. Speaker, to realize the promise of a clean energy economy, to 
leave a healthy environment to our children, and to end our dangerous 
dependency on foreign oil, I urge Congress to take bold, decisive 
action on America's energy policy.

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