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“LOOK TO THE GREEN ECONOMY” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3744 on June 19, 2012.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
LOOK TO THE GREEN ECONOMY
(Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Ms. HANABUSA. Madam Speaker, President Obama laid out in his State of the Union address a blueprint for an America to last. To do this, he said, we need to rebuild the American economy by reviving manufacturing, new and innovative energy sources, educating and creating a strong, more skilled workforce. And, more importantly, renewing our American values.
I want to talk about the new and innovative energy sources. Remember when the ARRA was passed, President Obama spoke about building the green economy, jobs in the energy field that look to the future. Hawaii shows that this can work. Our recent unemployment rate shows that it does work. Our UI rate is 6.3 percent, though we would like to see it lower. Note that our initial claims are down 16 percent. Total claims are down 10 percent from last year. And the area where we're seeing job creation is in the solar energy market. We have an 18 percent increase in the permits in the first 5 months of this year.
Our Department of Labor projects 2,900 jobs by the end of this year--
green jobs, 25 percent over the past 2 years.
President Obama has got it right. Let's look to the green economy.
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