[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17051]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             ENERGY WRAP-UP

  (Mr. KLEIN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, last week, the House took an 
extraordinary first step by creating jobs in the form of unleashing a 
new generation of energy technology built right here in America.
  Whether we agree on any other issue, each of us is committed to 
keeping this country safe, and the American Clean Energy and Security 
Act is essential to our national security.
  The bill that passed the House marks a critical first step to 
creating clean energy incentives that will spur the development of new 
technologies, create jobs, and fuel our economic national recovery.
  While I was home last week in south Florida, I had the chance to meet 
with Yann Brandt and his colleagues at Advanced Green Technologies. As 
a solar panel designer and distributor, AGT is on the cutting edge of 
alternative energy technologies and is creating jobs as we speak. 
That's exactly the kind of innovative local business this legislation 
will support.
  I am confident that Florida can be a national leader, as well as the 
rest of the country, on clean energy technology. This bill gives our 
business leaders the tools they need to create jobs and compete in the 
next great American industry.

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