Green Energy Education Act of 2009

Floor Speech

GREEN ENERGY EDUCATION ACT OF 2009 -- (House of Representatives - April 22, 2009)

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Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support H.R. 957, and I yield myself as much time as I might consume.

I also urge my colleagues to support this bill, H.R. 957, the Green Energy Education Act of 2009, introduced by my distinguished colleague, Mr. McCaul of Texas.

This is a good piece of legislation that, by the way, passed in the 110th Congress, but the Senate did not take it up before adjournment. Simply put, this measure encourages the Department of Energy to work with the National Science Foundation to help develop the next generation of engineers and architects to work effectively together to produce buildings that incorporate the latest in energy-efficient technologies.

Oftentimes, energy-efficient buildings are not being constructed, not because building professionals don't want to do it or think it's a bad idea, but primarily because they just don't even know or are not aware of all of the technology that's available, so this measure is intended to close that gap.

I also want to commend Mr. McCaul for his fine work on this very important bill.

With that, Mr. Speaker, I would reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I do want to just yield myself 30 seconds.

I also want to thank the chairman of the committee. The chairman of the committee is always willing to work with all members of his committee to make sure that he gets the finest legislation possible. He goes through the regular process, something that, unfortunately, is not done as much as it should be.

So, again, I would just like to take these seconds to thank the chairman of the committee for working with all of his committee and for always being open. His door is always open.

With that, Mr. Speaker, I would yield back the remaining part of our time.

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