[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       WIND PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT

  (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a member of the Sustainable 
Energy and Environment Coalition to talk about a significant issue for 
Massachusetts and our nation: the wind production tax credit.
  In the past 2 years, clean energy jobs in Massachusetts have grown by 
24 percent and are projected to grow another 11 percent in 2014. Thanks 
to the wind industry, the Commonwealth has seen an influx of over $200 
million in capital investment and is home to nine wind-related 
manufacturing facilities.
  Massachusetts is also home to the Wind Technology Testing Center, 
which at the time of its opening was the first facility in the country 
capable of testing large-scale wind turbine blades up to 300 feet in 
length. This testing center has created high-skilled jobs and has 
helped spur the development of next-generation blades made here in the 
United States.
  We must act now to make sure that these innovative American 
businesses can continue to create new manufacturing opportunities here 
in the United States.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting an extension of the 
wind production tax credit.

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