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Published Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 | 3:07 p.m.
Updated Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 | 4:45 p.m.
Democratic Rep. Dina Titus has a new partner in criticizing Republican congressional candidate Joe Heck's campaign ads - the wind lobby.
The American Wind Energy Association on Friday sent a letter to Republican leaders, urging them to stop airing ads that "falsely attack policies critical to keeping Americans working in wind power."
Heck recently released a campaign commercial claiming that federal stimulus money, which Titus voted for, created green-energy jobs in China, not Nevada. It's one of at least seven similar ads running nationwide that criticize Democrats on energy policy and stimulus funding.
"Dina Titus, she forgot us," Heck's ad says. "Titus voted for Pelosi’s stimulus bill that created jobs in China, not Nevada. Titus supported the job killing energy tax....Titus loves to spend our money, but where are all the jobs? There are no jobs. No jobs, and no more Dina Titus."
"It was democratic leadership who originally called out the fact that the stimulus dollars were creating jobs in China," Heck spokeswoman Mari Nakashima said. "President Obama promised that unemployment would not exceed 8 percent if this expensive bill were passed. President Obama and Dina Titus lied. Congresswoman Titus and her liberal leadership were so excited to spend our money they didn't take the time to ensure that their trillion dollar bill included the proper oversight that would have ensured funding went to American jobs."
Earlier this year, four Democratic senators called on the Obama administration to stop spending stimulus money on renewable energy projects until rules were passed to assure that projects use predominantly American labor and materials. But in subsequent months, several independent groups found claims about stimulus money going to China to be false.
Some stimulus money did go overseas because the United States didn't have the infrastructure needed to manufacture turbines for planned projects. But the vast majority of that funding went to Europe, not China.
In general, no stimulus money went to Chinese-owned companies, and all the stimulus-funded projects are slated for the United States.
As far as creating jobs, a University of California, Berkeley study found the energy bill has the potential to create 17,000 jobs in Nevada and increase the state’s gross domestic product by $500 million.
The wind energy industry reports keeping 85,000 Americans working during the recession because of turbine projects.
Where are the American-owned companies that hire Americans to fabricate and build components for wind energy? WHERE?
You pathetic "reporters" need to do your job.
RESEARCH and report objectively, you hacks.
Titus voted to block background checks on people working with children. She voted against the very same bill as a State Senator that Angle did in the Assembly.
As for wind power projects, the one being touted by Reid is half-owned by the Chinese.
WOW! The money went to Europe, not China! That makes it O.K. As for studies done by U.C. Berkley? They sure can be trusted to be "fair & balanced," can't they? I mean, Berkley isn't a far left campus, is it? The stimulus money was touted as being for "shovel-ready" jobs. Now, after squandering $864 billion, Osama Obama tells us, "There is no such thing as "shovel-ready" jobs." How to tell when Osama Obama is lying? His lips are moving!
DefendUrRights:
A-Power Energy Generation Systems (a subsidiary of Singapore-based Asia New Energy) announced earlier this month that it will open North American offices and an LED manufacturing plant in Henderson. The project is expected to create 1,000 jobs (for Americans) in Nevada by the end of the year.
The building also will be a temporary site for a wind turbine assembly facility. Officials said A-Power will initially hire about 100 workers (again, Americans) and will likely add another 200 workers after it relocates to a planned 320,000-square-foot facility.
A-Power is not an American-owned company. But its recent announcement provides two examples of Americans being hired to fabricate and build green-energy components, including wind energy.
The stimulus money went to US corporations. They are the ones who spent the money OUTSIDE of the US.
OBAMA did NOT SPEND THE MONEY. Either did Reid.
Get your fact straight. The US corporations have sold out the american workers.
Since there are no more public works programs- only corporations- the government can no longer assure that tax money is spend on US jobs.
Blame the rich corporate executives. Get it right!
Delen Goldberg,
Shouldn't you also point out that the Sun ownership has an interest in that same project?
Boftx,
Shouldn't YOU also point out that every time you trot out that accusation of yours about Dina Titus and the background check story, you are misrepresenting what really happened??
Dina Titus SUPPORTED that bill and voted for it in committee. But then, Republicans managed to add a poison pill amendment which prohibited non-profit organizations from being able to use available funding specifically for screening out sex-offenders. THAT is why Titus then voted against this bill. She supported and voted for it in its original form, unlike Sharron Angle, who cast her "NO" vote against it in its original form. The poison-pill version? I would have rejected it too. Who in their right mind would seriously believe Dina Titus would be against background checks of sex offenders???
Hey, if Reid can say that about Angle, then I can say the same about Titus. The voting record is there.
And I didn't mis-represent anything, I just stated a raw fact, just like Reid's ad does. At least you looked it up.
"At least you looked it up."
You caught me off guard with that.
Yes, I did look it up. But yes, I also still have to insist that you misrepresented the situation because of what you certainly must understand that most would infer from only reading your "raw" facts. Titus actually supported sex offender background checks, but couldn't support a neutered version of it. (Whether that was wise, or whether she should have been more pragmatic, is another issue...) Angle, meanwhile, was always against it -- both before and after it was neutered. That's an important difference.
You forgot to mention that Angle voted *for* the bill in committee.
Titus voted for the bill in ( the Senate) committee. My understanding is that Angle opposed the bill both in (the Assembly) committee, and then of course, when it came to a full vote. Please correct me and show me the voting record if I have this wrong.