“The American Energy Act is déjà vu all over again. It would continue the failed Bush-Cheney energy policies that caused the average American family’s energy costs to go up by $1,100. This plan would invest $800 billion for new nuclear plants paid for by taxpayers—it is too risky for Wall Street.
"We need a new direction that invests in creating millions of clean-energy jobs, lowering energy costs, moving us off foreign oil, and rebuilding our economic competitiveness around the clean-energy technologies of the future.”
Daniel J. Weiss is a Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy at American Progress.
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