[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10323]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CAUCUS

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, on Earth Day, as a member of 
the Sustainable Energy and Environment Caucus, the so-called Green 
Dogs, to talk about the importance of investing in clean, renewable 
energy to help build a new green economy.
  Investing in homegrown American renewable energy will create 
thousands of new American jobs that cannot be shipped overseas. In my 
State of Nevada, a thriving renewable energy industry will help 
diversify our local economy, which we so desperately need. Whether it 
is the researcher in the lab developing new generation biofuels, or the 
electrician on the roof installing solar panels, these jobs will stay 
right here in the United States.
  We are currently losing clean energy jobs and market share to China, 
Germany, Korea and other countries, but now we have the opportunity to 
make a real difference. I look forward to working with my colleagues on 
both sides of the aisle to ensure that we make the investments 
necessary today to help create clean energy jobs for tomorrow.

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