[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16958]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, impending budget cuts under sequestration 
pose a serious risk to America's leadership in a variety of areas. The 
one in particular that I want to focus on today is the serious risk to 
America's leadership on a clean-energy economy and to developing grid-
scale energy infrastructure, made possible in part by the Production 
Tax Credit. These investments help to ensure our Nation's energy 
security and independence while spurring growth in a wind industry that 
supports over 70,000 jobs nationwide, including hundreds in Rhode 
Island.
  Mr. Speaker, Rhode Island receives 7 percent of its State revenue 
from Federal grants that are subject to sequestration. Unless averted 
by Congress, it could threaten the health of Rhode Island's local 
economies and risk another national recession.
  I know we have difficult choices ahead; but if there's one mandate 
both parties can claim from the November election, it is to solve our 
Nation's economic and fiscal challenges together. Although we may not 
agree on all aspects of a solution, we can all agree on the need to 
address the impending problem. The clock is ticking.

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