House Proceeding 05-13-09 on May 13th, 2009 :: 0:40:05 to 0:43:25
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Earl Blumenauer: and, again, i particularly thank the chair and the chair of the subcommittee for their endeavor to make sure thi provision was included. i yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer. the chair: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr.

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Speech By: Earl Blumenauer

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Earl Blumenauer: speaker, thank you, mr. miller. i appreciate your courtesy as i appreciate the leadership. the the good work that you did earlier to make sure that we do have schools of the future. the schools are the foundation, the building block of a livable community. and green schools are the schools of the future. it'where america and the

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Earl Blumenauer: world is going in terms of being sustainable, efficient and healthier. but green schools are also the schools of today. this is an opportunity under this legislation, the 21st century green performing schools act, to be able to illustrate our environmenl values, that

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Earl Blumenauer: young peop who are in school will be able to see through the operation of this legislation that we are going to walk the talk, we're going to implement our values. the provisions of this legislation will save money almost immediately because there's lots of low-hanging

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Earl Blumenauer: the country in terms of green sustainable practices. it's not low-hanging fruit. it's picking the frule up off the ground that will save energy, that will save water, that will be gentler on the land. it will put people to work. this is activity that's

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Earl Blumenauer: amazingly labor intensive. there are few investments that we can make greening our schools that will make more of a difference for people of all school levels -- skill levels, whether they are casual laborers, skilled efforts, professional positions, to be able to make a difference. in the state of oregon alone

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Earl Blumenauer: it's 62 bad -- $62 million badly needed that will not only circulate through the economy but it's going to do things that school districts need and it's going to save them money for years to come. i appreciate the fact that the bill includes how young people get to school as part of energy efficiency. a generation ago virtually every school district in america, more

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Earl Blumenauer: than 50% of our children, got to school on their own. walking or riding a bike. today the national average is 15%. i work in some communities where it's far less than that. by investing in ways to make young people be able to get to school safely on a bike or walking, we're going to reduce

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Earl Blumenauer: the carbon footsprint while we make their -- footprint while we make their footprint a little bit lighter. we're dealing with an epidemic of childhood obesity and this cycles back to make young people healthier. this legislation will make the schools today the schools of the future and it will do it in the very near future.

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Earl Blumenauer: i am pleased to support it. i thank the committee for its work. the implementation of this