[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       EXTEND THE WIND CREDIT NOW

  (Mr. LOEBSACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LOEBSACK. Mr. Speaker, I rise again to highlight an important 
issue to Iowa and the Nation, the wind production tax credit. It 
expires in a month and must be extended immediately. Inaction has 
already led to job losses in Iowa and threatens thousands more jobs in 
our State.
  The wind credit has bipartisan roots and was an important issue in 
the Presidential and many congressional campaigns this year. The Senate 
already passed a bipartisan package that included the wind credit. It's 
past time for the House to act.
  Iowa is the second-largest producer of wind energy in the country. 
Wind manufacturing involves about 200 companies and 6,000 good-paying 
jobs for Iowans. Congress should not play games with people's jobs and 
pull the rug out from an industry employing thousands in the middle of 
an economic downturn.
  The wind credit is also critical for energy production and job 
creation. Congress must extend the wind credit now before more jobs are 
lost, especially at this time with unemployment and economic downturn 
that we still continue to suffer from.

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