Energy

Floor Speech

Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of efforts to spur investment in clean-energy and energy-efficiency technology that will create clean-energy jobs back home in Nevada and across our country.

Investments in clean-energy technologies like solar, wind, geothermal, smart grid and advanced batteries will help the United States regain its competitive edge in a global green economy, reduce our reliance on foreign oil and improve our energy security.

Clean-energy jobs, like manufacturing solar panels and windmills and constructing new energy-efficient buildings, are jobs that can stay right here at home in the United States. But the United States is currently losing the clean-energy jobs and marketplace share to countries like China, Germany and Korea.

A thriving clean-energy economy will ensure that the United States creates a sustainable manufacturing base that will compete with the rest of the world. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make the investments necessary to help create a booming, clean-energy economy right here in the United States.

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