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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2010 Statement by the President on House Passage of Home Star Legislation “The Home Star Energy Retrofit Act is a common sense bill that will create jobs, save consumers money, and strengthen our economy.  I commend the House on passing this bill, [...]

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House passed the HomeStar Energy Retrofit Act: “After losing three-quarters of a million jobs per month, on average, during the last three months of the last administration, our economy is creating jobs again. Since President Obama took office, monthly job losses [...]

The following press release was issued today by the office of Rep. Peter Welch, author of the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 (H.R. 5019) passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House on Thursday passed bipartisan, job-creating legislation that will help three million families refit, renovate and [...]

By a vote of 246 to 161, the House of Representatives today voted to approve the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 (H.R. 5019), which authorizes creation of a national energy retrofit program for American homeowners. The vote marks a significant milestone in the progress of the bipartisan HOME STAR legislation, although it’s important to [...]

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What’s Being Said About Home Star “Adapting houses to use less energy may be the best hope for the 3.3 million small businesses and solo contractors who dominate America’s construction industry, a sector that has lost 2.1 million jobs since the peak of the housing bubble. The unemployment rate in the construction industry was 24.9% [...]