us will outcompete us. that's just a naked fact of life. the days are gone, the days are gone and it's good for the world, the days are gone when we were the only country who had universal education for over 100 years. everybody else is getting in the game, as they should. it's good for them, it's good for humanity, it's good for their country, it's good for competition and it's good for us. folks, isn't what it comes down to creating an economy where everyone has a chance, where the poor have a way up, where the middle class can live with security and dream that their children can even do more and where those who take great risk and have great imagination can reap even greater rewards? that's what i thought the system was about. we have a fundamentally different view as to how to accomplish that than governor romney and his friends do. he believes that the system continues to reward those at the very top, make sure that those at the very top have the greatest opportunities, that somehow that those so-calle

refuse to develop our wind energy resources, there are a lot of countries that are willing to outcompete us, take china for example. we have to work to keep these jobs and that investment here in the united states. and that's why the congress must extend the production tax credit as soon as possible. mr. president, you also know we have bipartisan support. this isn't a republican or a democratic issue solely and senator moran from kansas, my good friend, has joined me and others to make this happen. we've offered an amendment to the bipartisan small business lending bill that would extend the p.t.c. by two years until the end of 2014. so we need the p.t.c. it equals jobs, we need to pass it as soon as possible. i want to ask my colleagues again as i have every day to join senator moran, join senator udall from new mexico, join senator thune and others to help pass this much-needed commonsense bipartisan amendment or find another way to extend the p.t.c. to ensure more investments and jobs in states like kansas, colorado, and all across our country will be the result. so, mr. president, i th

only has it shown that we can turn around manufacturing states like ohio, but it's shown us that we can outcompete china and other countries. but if we want to continue to win -- i should say we want to continue to lead and then win the global economic race, and specifically the clean energy race, it's now time for us to listen to the people of ohio and utah and south carolina and new york. this shouldn't be a partisan issue. this is an issue on which americans expect us to work together. so we must pass an extension of the production tax credit as soon as possible. madam president, as i close, i want everybody to know i'll be back on the senate floor tomorrow to talk about wind production in another state and to keep pushing for this commonsense policy. let's pass this as soon as possible. madam president, with that, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: mr. president? excuse me, madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: i appreciate the opportunity to speak today following the great senator from the state of colorado. my topic is