Grassley Will Work to Restore Wind Energy Tax Provisions in Committee

Statement

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Finance Committee chairman's proposed package of tax extender provisions released today. The committee is expected to take up the measure on Thursday. Grassley is a senior member and former chairman and ranking member of the committee. Grassley is the father of the wind energy tax credit, having sponsored the first-ever provision enacted.

"There's no fair rationale for leaving wind energy out of the chairman's mark. There's a significant amount of bipartisan, bicameral support for the wind tax provisions. Just last month, 26 senators and 118 House members urged restoring the lapsed provisions. Wind energy supports thousands of jobs and generates billions of dollars in investment across the country using a natural, non-polluting resource. I'll file an amendment and work with my colleagues to get the wind energy provisions restored in the tax extenders package moving through the Finance Committee."

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