American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY AND SECURITY ACT OF 2009 -- (House of Representatives - June 26, 2009)

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Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, this is an historic day for this House of Representatives. After years of delay and inaction, we're finally poised to embrace America's clean-energy future and adopt an energy strategy for the 21st century.

This act delivers on the change that President Obama has called for in our energy policy. It will strengthen our national security by slashing our dependence on foreign oil by as much as 2 million barrels a day by 2030, which is as much as we export from the Persian Gulf today. We will use those hundreds of billions of dollars instead right here at home on homegrown, clean energy. And by doing so, we're going to create millions of jobs, high-skilled, well-paying jobs that will focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency. And we will do all that without adding a single penny to our national debt.

Mr. Speaker, I especially want to thank Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Markey, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Gordon, and their staff for the collaborative effort that went into the final provisions establishing a Clean Energy Deployment Administration. As a result of this effort, America is going to have an independent----

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