House Proceeding 05-12-09 on May 12th, 2009 :: 1:33:05 to 1:35:20
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1:33:01 to 1:33:23( Edit History Discussion )

Earl Blumenauer: pass this bill we are going to jump-start jobs in this mr.lumenauer: i appreciate the context that you've provided and your unrelenting interest in understanding and acknowledging and advancing american technology.

1:33:05 to 1:35:20( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Earl Blumenauer

1:33:24 to 1:33:44( Edit History Discussion )

Earl Blumenauer: but mentioned having fallen behind the germa for example in technologies that we developed in terms of the commercial application. china is spending six times more than we spend on

1:33:45 to 1:34:05( Edit History Discussion )

Earl Blumenauer: $12.5 million every hour of chinese expenditure. we can't afford to be complacent about this. we need a sense of urgency. while we are pleased happened in the pacific northwest, you referenced the large wind farm in southeastern

1:34:06 to 1:34:26( Edit History Discussion )

Earl Blumenauer: washington, portland, oregon, is competing with denver and houston to be the wind energy capital. a couple of international companies have located their american headquarters there. and these are many that we helped initiate. but we are falling behind.

1:34:27 to 1:34:49( Edit History Discussion )

Earl Blumenauer: we rank below spain, denmark, and portugal in the use of wind power. we watched what happened where little denmark, with the size of the state of washington, set its sight on being a wind energy leader, being the wind energy leader 30 years ago and have

1:34:50 to 1:35:10( Edit History Discussion )

Earl Blumenauer: accomplished amazing feats both in terms of their own energy production and the dominance of world wind energy activity that one of those leading companies i mentioned that has its american headquarters in portland is vestus, a danish company. we watch what companies --

1:35:11 to 1:35:21( Edit History Discussion )

Earl Blumenauer: countries we think are less developed than the united states, like the chinese, or small countries like denmark, really making significant