Discussion drafts concerning energy efficiency, smart electricity grid, Energy Policy Act of 2005 Title XVII loan guarantees

Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2008. LC Number: KF27 .E5524 2007n OCLC Number: (OCoLC)312678247 Subject: Energy consumption -- Law and legislation -- United States. Excerpt: ... 10 alternative fuels and infrastructure is still under development. Those sections may be controversial. I will judge the proposed legis-lation on the full package, not just on individual pieces. It is the full package that will be voted on eventually. That is what must be evaluated in this committee. I look forward to working with the members of this committee and the full committee as the full legislative package goes through regular order. Mr. Chairman, again I thank you, and I look forward to today's testimony. OUCHER Mr. B. Thank you very much, Mr. Hastert. The gentlelady from California, Ms. Harman, is recognized for 3 min-utes. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JANE HARMAN, A REPRESENT-ATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARMAN Ms. H. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As is evidenced, our districts are very diverse. Yours obviously is a coal-dependent dis-trict, and I think that coal is part of our future; but like Mr. Mar-key, I would much prefer to stress carbon capture and sequestra-tion than coal-to-liquid. Some come from Michigan, the home of the Big 3. I would point out that my district is home to Toyota and Honda, and Toyota is now No. 1 at least in terms of sales in the United States and has been highly innovative with respect to hy-brid vehicles. My district also has an enormous amount of energy efficiency technologies, and each of us can tell a different story. You have a hard job to put all of this in a bill that moves us forward and does what Al Gore told us to do, which is to expand the limits of what is possible. And I just want you to know that I will try to do my part. I want to thank you specifically for including my light bulb bill in this draft as a placeholder. As you well know, I am working with Mr. Upton to see if we can find standards that are mutu...