Member Speeches :: April 22, 2009

Chairman Gordon’s Floor Speech on H.R. 957, the Green Energy Education Act of 2009.

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Today I rise in support of H.R. 957, the Green Energy Education Act of 2009.

First I’d like to thank Mr. McCaul for his leadership on this legislation.

This bill authorizes the Department of Energy to contribute funds to the National Science Foundation’s successful Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program (known as I-GERT). I-GERT awards prepare doctoral students by integrating research and education in innovative ways that are tailored to the unique requirements of newly emerging interdisciplinary fields and new career options.

This bill also authorizes the Department of Energy’s high performance building technology programs to contribute to the National Science Foundation’s ongoing curriculum development activities with the goal of improving the ability of engineers and architects to design and construct high-performance buildings.

In summary, this bill addresses a critical need to provide resources to universities to update their curricula and research efforts in alternative energy and high performance buildings, and it improves coordination between the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation in achieving this goal.

I am pleased to support H.R. 957, the Green Energy Education Act of 2009. Again, I commend Mr. McCaul for this important legislation, and I urge my colleagues to support it.

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