david mckinley. there is much to be thankful for in terms of the next generation of poet [inaudible] who will follow us and hope that despite all evidence to the contrary the succeeding generation is willing to embrace the emplausible and pursue the impossible and imagine the impossible. i want to make sure that i acknowledged my wife, sherry who among other things probably got me every job i ever held in the last 25 years. i thank you for most married couples there is vested interest in getting your husband out of the house otherwise he is hanging around doing god knows what. also, my wife taught me a great deal about what commitment and love looks like every day in ones life and i have clearly gotten the better half of this deal. she agrees with that, see. that is a intelligent woman. the last thing i want to say is, i think this sid city of san francisco is on many ways on the van gaurd of this on rushing on slot of nob and fanatics who somehow hijacked our system of government. we run the risk of

and thank you to my colleague, david mckinley, for partnering with me on this issue. mr. mckinley has an extraordinary background as an engineer and small business owner, real practical knowledge that has been extremely helpful and he's brought invaluable expertise to our committee. i'm grateful to him, this whole body should be grateful for his partnership. this bill today has good ideas advanced by members of congress, representatives eshoo, rogers, matheson, latta and castor and thank all of them for their leadership on this issue. and lastly, i want to thank house leaders, especially majority leader cantor. he and his staff, steve, have been enormously cooperative in dealing with some of the thorny problems that arise whenever there's a complicated piece of legislation to be considered. so thank you. like mr. whitfield, i have long believed that energy efficiency is an area where we have common ground in what is too often a very divided congress. mr. whitfield, i thank you for focusing on that common ground. why is it so good? because saving energy does three things. i