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Udall wants Bush to back up energy talk

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Contributed by: Lawrence Pacheco on 2/21/2006

GOLDEN -- Congressman Mark Udall, D-Eldorado Springs, a co-chair of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives and who represents a part of the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, released the following statement regarding President Bush's speech at NREL today:

"Today was a big day for NREL and it was good that President Bush came to see for himself the wonderful work that NREL researchers are doing to make our nation more energy independent. I am proud to have a part of NREL in my district and was particularly proud to accept an invitation by the employees to join them in welcoming the president. The employees are the ones who have made this facility the crown jewel of renewable energy and energy efficiency research.

"Restoring the NREL job cuts was the right thing to do, but these jobs should not have been cut in the first place. What's important is that we give these people and other NREL employees some assurance that this Administration is dedicated to the work that they do.

"To me, that means significantly increasing funding for NREL and DOE's renewable programs. Despite what the president has announced today, NREL's funding is still down from last year. And under his proposal for fiscal year 2007, funding for renewable energy programs will only increase by a paltry 0.2 percent over last year. That doesn't say to me that the president is thinking boldly about a new energy future. Under his 2007 proposal, NREL may get more from the DOE budget, but the overall renewable energy and energy efficiency budget for 2007 will not change in any where near the numbers necessary to boldly put us on a path toward energy security.

"The president joked about his Texas roots as an oil man and I thought it was great for him to poke some fun at himself. There's an old Texas saying about ranchers who are 'all hat and no cattle.' The president came to Colorado today wearing a big hat for renewable energy, but the 'dubbya' brand is not on many head of renewable energy cattle.

"We all know that words mean nothing without actions to back them up, so I am hoping we see the president's brand on a significant increase in renewable energy for the future."

Lawrence Pacheco is the press secretary for U.S. Rep. Mark Udall.

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