[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11011]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           CLEAN ENERGY JOBS

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about jobs. My home 
district, the capital region of New York, is a leader in clean energy 
jobs. But don't take my word for it. The Brookings Institution recently 
completed a study that found that the capital region has the largest 
share of green jobs in the country. That's over 6 percent. That's over 
28,000 green jobs. And not only is the region growing now, it is poised 
for growth in the future. Whether at Albany NanoTech, GE, Plug Power, 
AWS Truepower, or GlobalFoundries, the capital region is producing the 
high-tech manufacturing jobs of today and tomorrow.
  This doesn't just impact our domestic economy. Along with L.A., New 
York, and San Francisco, Albany is the only other metro area 
contributing $1 billion annually to the clean export economy. We can 
``make it in America.'' We can manufacture the best products in the 
world here and do so in a way that grows jobs and rebuilds our economy.
  The real question is: Does this Congress believe we are worthy of 
that investment? I think we are. Let's invest in jobs for America, and 
in so doing, let's cut the deficit. This report from the Brookings 
Institution proves it.

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