[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL DAY

  (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, our neighbors in the Senate have introduced 
and agreed to a resolution that recognizes Thursday, October 8, as 
National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day. I invite my colleagues to support 
this commemoration and affirm our resolution to bettering our Nation, 
our economy, and, certainly, our environment.
  As the planet's most abundant natural resource, hydrogen has a 
critical role to play in the way we think about renewable energy. It is 
already powering homes and vehicles across our Nation and has the 
potential to do even more if we recognize that energy efficiency should 
be our fuel of choice.
  Businesses are already reporting success stories about their use of 
hydrogen fuel cells and the elimination of carbon emissions. The once 
pricey and seemingly unfeasible source has now become a practical 
avenue for America's energy demand, and it is because we invested in 
that unique American innovative spirit and made it so. We should learn 
from this and apply that attitude to other corners in our energy 
sector.
  Our Nation is projected to increase its energy consumption through 
2040, and climate change is certainly a reality. We have no choice but 
to face that head-on. Please join me as we strive to make America the 
leading nation for renewable energy, a goal we can advance right now by 
recognizing this day as National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day.

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