U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Las Vegas, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, made a campaign stop in Reno on Friday, promising to introduce a “Clean Energy Jobs Act” when she returns to Congress.
Berkley, speaking at the Desert Research Institute, said her jobs act would extend a 30 percent tax credit for domestic companies that manufacture products used in clean energy projects such as wind turbines and solar panels. She said her bill would pay for the extension of the tax break by cutting $12 billion in subsidies to large oil companies, a policy she said her opponent, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Carson City, has supported with at least eight of his votes as since being appointed by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval last year to the U.S. Senate.
“This is another example of the clear choice in this election between my opponent and myself,” Berkley said. “Instead of focusing on creating jobs, Wall Street Republicans like my opponent, Mr. Heller, actually voted to protect these giveaways to big oil companies. In fact, that was Dean Heller’s first major vote as a United States senator. Not to create jobs. Not to stand up for Nevada’s middle class but to stand up with big oil companies. And that was not the only time.”
