[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SOLAR INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, since Congress passed the solar investment 
tax credit in 2005, solar installations have grown by 1,600 percent, 
Americans have invested $72 billion in solar, and 8,000 businesses in 
all 50 States have created 160,000 jobs in the solar industry.
  Much of this economic success story is due to the investment tax 
credit, which is scheduled to expire at the end of next year. If the 
investment tax credit expires, the solar industry could see a 71 
percent decline, needlessly costing the American economy 100,000 jobs.
  This uncertainty is already affecting the market. Consumers need 
confidence in the tax policy before they decide whether to make an 
investment into the solar industry. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
urging the Ways and Means Committee to expeditiously prioritize a long-
term extension of this critical, job-creating tax incentive.

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