REEP Legislation Gains Further Support in Congress
Trailblazing energy retrofit bill up to 80 sponsors in the House of Representatives
The office of Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, sponsor of the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act introduced in March 2009, reports this week that the bill now has 80 sponsors in the House of Representatives. The list includes:
| Gary Ackerman (New York) Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin) Timothy Bishop (New York) Earl Blumenauer (Oregon) Madeleine Bordallo (Guam) Bruce Braley (Iowa) Lois Capps (California) Dennis Cardoza (California) Russ Carnahan (Missouri) André Carson (Indiana) Donna Christensen (Virgin Islands) Steve Cohen (Tennessee) Gerry Connolly (Virginia) John Conyers (Michigan) Joe Courtney (Connecticut) Elijah Cummings (Maryland) Kathy Dahlkemper (Pennsylvania) Diana DeGette (Colorado) William Delahunt (Massachusetts) Lloyd Doggett (Texas) Keith Ellison (Minnesota) Bob Filner (California) Bill Foster (Illinois) Marcia Fudge (Ohio) Barton Gordon (Tennessee) Al Green (Texas) Raúl Grijalva (Arizona) |
Deborah Halvorson (Illinois) Philip Hare (Illinois) Alcee Hastings (Florida) Martin Heinrich (New Mexico) Brian Higgins (New York) Baron Hill (Indiana) James Himes (Connecticut) Maurice Hinchey (New York) Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) Paul Hodes (New Hampshire) Rush Holt (New Jersey) Michael Honda (California) Jay Inslee (Washington) Steve Israel (New York) Jesse Jackson Jr. (Illinois) Henry Johnson (Georgia) Steve Kagen (Wisconsin) Carolyn Kilpatrick (Michigan) James Langevin (Rhode Island) Daniel Lipinski (Illinois) David Loebsack (Iowa) Nita Lowey (New York) Ben Ray Luján (New Mexico) Daniel Maffei (New York) Carolyn Maloney (New York) Eric Massa (New York) Jim McGovern (Massachusetts) |
Michael Michaud (Maine) George Miller (California) Dennis Moore (Kansas) Gwen Moore (Wisconsin) Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania) Frank Pallone (New Jersey) Ed Perlmutter (Colorado) Chellie Pingree (Maine) Jared Polis (Colorado) Silvestre Reyes (Texas) Laura Richardson (California) Mike Ross (Arkansas) Timothy Ryan (Ohio) John Sarbanes (Maryland) Joe Sestak (Pennsylvania) Carol Shea-Porter (New Hampshire) Betty Sutton (Ohio) Harry Teague (New Mexico) Glenn Thompson (Pennsylvania) Mike Thompson (California) Paul Tonko (New York) Christopher Van Hollen (Maryland) Tim Walz (Minnesota) Peter Welch (Vermont) Robert Wexler (Florida) |
Supporting organizations include: National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA), National Association of Realtors, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Efficiency First, the American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE), National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Alliance to Save Energy, The US Green Buildings Council, Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Environment America, Federal Performance Contracting Coalition, Real Estate Roundtable, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
Efficiency First encourages all members to voice support for this important legislation by contacting their own Congressional Representatives. For more information about the bill and a sample letter of support, go t to www.efficiencyfirst.org/take-action.
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It appears from the list the majority of support comes from the Democratic camp. We need more support from the Republicans to get this initiative passed.
Has this been separated from the Waxman Cap and Trade Bill? As a stand-alone bill, it might get some support from the Republicans.