House Proceeding 10-01-09 on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 0:29:40 to 0:32:15
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John W. Olver: more money available so that the everglades program could go forward. so that's how we attempted to solve this problem and hopefully that will be the result. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the distinguished chairman of transportation, mr. olver. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: John W. Olver

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John W. Olver: gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. olver: mr. speaker, i'm proud to stand here today in support of the 2010 energy and water appropriations conference report. i'd like to thank chairman pastor and ranking member frelinghuysen for their great work on this legislation, and i praise them for their cooperation and bipartisanship. because of their work and the excellent work of our subcommittee staff, we have

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John W. Olver: before us this comprehensive, fair and targeted bill that makes significant investments in our country's future and in the goal of achieving energy independence. they have been able to do this with only a slight increase of $200 million over last year's funding level. yet, these investments will build on the success of the american reinvestment and

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John W. Olver: recovery act in developing a clean energy economy and creating more american jobs. i am particularly grateful that this bill increases by over 10% the funding for the department of energy's energy efficiency and renewable energy program. this program funded at $2.2 billion invests in producing

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John W. Olver: cleaner and more efficient energy technologies to produce inexpensive energy pro domestic sources. included -- for domestic sources. included is the vast amount of solar energy that's reaching the earth every day. $311 million to improve vehicle and battery technology. and $200 million for research

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John W. Olver: into improving energy efficiency in commercial and residential buildings which currently consume about 40% of our nation's total energy usage. as a scientist, i'm pleased to see $4.9 billion for the office of sciences basic and applied science research program.

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John W. Olver: such investments are critical to mape take america's place as the leader in the world economy. additionally, this legislation supports president obama's historic commitment to nuclear nonproliferation by providing $2 billion for securing vulnerable nuclear material. this will protect americans from the risk of nuclear material

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John W. Olver: falling into terrorist hands by securing stockpiles in the former soviet union. the monewill also improve our ability to stock nuclear and radiological materials from