Reply #3: Inslee has always been a strong proponent of green energy - and he feels

[gateley]

this tragedy should be used to further an effort to achieving it. Part of a recent statement:

. . .this could be the “sputnik” moment of the new century, an event that galvanizes the American people to rise to the challenge of building a new clean energy economy. As President Kennedy said in 1962 we should do these things, “not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win. . .”

As part of this clean energy future, the President could also announce a major commitment to modernize and electrify our transportation system. Using all the means at his disposal, regulatory, administrative and trade related, the President should demand the United States take the lead in electric vehicle technology development and production, including the production of batteries and cars that we can then export around the world. He may advise the public that he is directing significant resources into the infrastructure construction, research, development and deployment of these new technologies and work with Congress to provide far more.

I would strongly encourage the President to commit to a new American clean energy future. As part of this call to action, he could push the Senate to quickly pass long overdue comprehensive energy legislation that will limit carbon pollution. Limiting carbon will be the key to unlocking vast sums of private investment into clean energy.


I'm so lucky he's my Rep. I've only been pissed at him once and I have faith that he speaks and works for We The People!