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| https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=6d501b31-32d9-402c-bef4-0eb0de9df0a2 | Portman Renews Push for Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Legislation | 2013-12-19 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Republican | House | OH | Rob Portman | P000449 | www.portman.senate.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) spoke on the Senate floor to recommit his push for his bipartisan energy efficiency legislation, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (ESIC), which he introduced with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). The legislation is designed to spur the use of energy efficiency technologies in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of our economy, while also fostering job creation. It uses a variety of low-cost tools to reduce barriers for private sector energy users and drive adoption of off-the-shelf efficiency technologies that will save businesses and consumers money, make America more energy independent, and reduce emissions. The bill garnered over 260 endorsements from business coalitions, environmental groups, and labor. Today, eight of the leading organizations in the coalition sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell urging the Senate return to work on ESIC early next year. Read a summary of the major provisions here. Below are excerpts of Portman’s remarks. Video of the entire remarks can be found here. “This is one of those pieces of legislation that we ought to pass. It’s bipartisan. It’s good for the country. It’s part of an energy plan for America that can help bring the jobs back, help fix our trade deficit, help make our manufacturers more competitive, help save taxpayers’ money, and actually help to clean the environment…And it does so without a single mandate. It does so without any new spending.” … “By putting energy efficiency in place in the federal government, the biggest user of energy in the world, we’re going to see a lot of savings to all of us as taxpayers.” … “It makes good environmental sense. It makes good energy sense. It makes good economic sense. It makes sense to help move this economy forward. I visited with businesses and job creators all over my state of Ohio, and they tell me the same thing. ‘Energy efficiency is critical to their ability to compete’…We do live in a global economy. We live in an economy where we’re competing in Ohio, not just with Indiana, but with India. And as a result, we need to look at our cost of doing business...Energy is an area where we can cut costs.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |