[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 EXTENSION OF THE PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I too rise to promote the extension of 
the production tax credit. Thousands of jobs in Colorado and across the 
Nation are dependent upon this incentive for good, clean energy here in 
the United States, thousands of manufacturing jobs made right here, 
wind production right here in America.
  In Colorado, we have substantial manufacturing plants with Vestis; we 
have vendors who supply these particular manufacturers for this good 
clean energy. Yet we have the production tax credit that's about to 
expire.
  Bipartisan support is in Colorado where we have virtually every 
Member, Democrats and Republicans, as well as you heard Mr. Blumenauer 
say he has a Republican cosponsor for this. But the Republican 
leadership will not bring it up, and it's been removed from the 
platform of the Republican Party.
  These are good jobs in America. It's clean energy for our country. 
It's good for national security. If we make these things, these big 
windmills in America, we will make it in America.

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