Extreme opposition to some of these provisions in the package. Id like to specifically respond to claims that some of my colleagues have made about wind energy and the wind production tax credit. Im sympathetic to the argument that the tax code has gotten too cluttered with too many special interest provisions. Thats the reason many of us for a long period of time have been clamoring for tax reform. But just because we havent cleaned up the tax code in a comprehensive way doesnt mean that we should pull the rug out from under domestic Renewable Energy production. Doing so would cost jobs, harm our economy and harm the environment and even enhance problems for national security. Im glad to defend the wind production tax credit and wind energy. Wind Energy Provides more than 4 of u. S. Electricity, supports 80,000 american jobs, spurred 105 billion in private investment in the u. S. Just since 2005. And that source of energy displaces more expensive and more polluting sources of energy,
Injustice, corruption, violence and immorality in our nation and world. Use our lawmakers to do what is best rewarding their faithfulness with a bountiful harvest. Lord, do for them. Immeasurably, abundantly, above all that they can ask or imagine, according to your power working in and through them. May the whisper of your wisdom fill our senators with peace, power and praise. Lord, infuse them with confidence in the ultimate triumph of your purposes. We pray in your righteous name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to calendar number 332, which is a vehicle for the tax extenders we hope to do this week. The president pro tempore the clerk will report the motion. The clerk m
In July, attorneys for a man who spent 42 years in prison will try to convince a federal jury he was wrongfully convicted of 29 counts of murder in the
In July, attorneys for a man who spent 42 years in prison will try to convince a federal jury he was wrongfully convicted of 29 counts of murder in the 1970 Pioneer Hotel Fire. Here