Wall Street Journal logo Wall Street Journal 2 weeks ago

Lawmakers Oppose Wind Project Financing

By Neil King Jr. and Stephen Power A proposal to use federal stimulus dollars to finance a Chinese-backed wind project in Texas is under attack from some members of Congress, the latest sign of tension in Washington over foreign-owned firms' efforts to... Full Article at Wall Street Journal

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  1. I don’t care if the Chinese invest here and create jobs here: It’s where the jobs are that I care about
    Charles Schumer – Charles Schumer SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 weeks ago
  2. I'm all for investing in clean energy, but we should be investing in the United States, not China ... While the project is anticipated to generate as many as 3,000 jobs in Shenyang, China ... its job impact in the United States would be roughly one-tenth that amount.
    Charles Schumer – Charles Schumer SOURCE: Reuters Alert Net 2 weeks ago
  3. America is fully capable of making these wind turbines
    Charles Schumer – Charles Schumer SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 2 weeks ago
  4. One of the many reasons we had the financial collapse that we had is because China manipulated its currency
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