Obama’s Green Jobs – What’s In A Name

Obama’s Green Jobs – What’s In A Name

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REP. DARRELL ISSA:
Well, let me — let me run you through some questions here because you’re here because we’re having a green jobs counting discussion.
Does someone who assembles turbines — is that a green job?

MS. JANE OATES:
Wind turbines?

REP. ISSA:
Yeah. Wind turbines.

MS. OATES:
I think we would call any kind of sustainable manufacturing –

REP. ISSA:
OK.

MS. OATES:
— fitting the definition that was –

REP. ISSA:
Does someone who sweeps — does someone who sweeps the floor in a facility that makes solar panels, is that a green job?

MS. OATES:
Solar? I’ll give that to –

REP. ISSA:
To Galvin?

MS. OATES:
— if you don’t mind.

MR. JOHN GALVIN:
We define — we have a two-part definition –

REP. ISSA:
We already had the briefing on that.

MR. JOHN GALVIN:
Right

MR. JOHN GALVIN:
So just answer the question. If you’re sweeping the floor in a solar panel production facility, is that a green job?

MR. GALVIN:
If you ask me for the number of health care jobs in the United States, I’ll give you the employment from the health care industry.

REP. ISSA: Source: LYBIO.net
Look, Mr. Galvin –

MR. GALVIN:
— nurses and doctors –

REP. ISSA:
You did not want to come here as a witness. You are not a delighted witness. So let’s go through this.
I asked you a question. You know the answer. Would you please answer it.
If you sweep the floor in a solar panel facility, is that a green job?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA:
Thank you. If you drive a hybrid bus — public transportation — is that a green job?

MR. GALVIN:
According to our definition, yes.

REP. ISSA:
Thank you. What if you’re a college professor teaching classes about environmental studies?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA:
What about just any school bus driver?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA:
What about the guy who puts gas in the school bus?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA:
How about employees at a bicycle shop?

MR. GALVIN:
I guess I’m not sure about that.

REP. ISSA:
The answer is yes, according to your definition. And you’ve got a lot of them. What about a clerk at the bicycle repair shop?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA:
What about someone who works in an antique dealer?

MR. GALVIN:
I’m not sure about that either.

REP. ISSA:
The answer is yes. Those are — those are recycled goods. They’re antiques; they’re used. What about someone who works at the Salvation Army in their clothing recycling and furniture?

MR. GALVIN:
Right. Because they’re selling recycled goods.

REP. ISSA:
OK. What about somebody who opened a store to sell rare manuscripts?

MR. GALVIN:
What industry is that?

REP. ISSA:
People sell rare books and manuscripts — but they’re rare because they’re old so they’re used.

MR. GALVIN:
OK.

REP. ISSA:
What about workers at a consignment shop?

MR. GALVIN:
That’s a green job.

REP. ISSA:
Does the teenage kid who works full time at a used record shop count?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA:
How about somebody who manufacturers railroads rolling stock — basically, train cars?

MR. GALVIN:
I don’t think we classified the manufacture of rail cars as –

REP. ISSA:
48.8 percent of jobs in manufacturing, rail cars counted, according to your statistics. About half of the jobs that are being used to build trains. OK. How about — just one more here. What about people who work in a trash disposal yard? Do garbage men have green jobs?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA:
OK. I apologize. The real last last is, how about an oil lobbyist? Wouldn’t an oil lobbyist count as having a green job if they are engaged in advocacy related to environmental issues?

MR. GALVIN:
Yes.

REP. ISSA: Source: LYBIO.net
With that I go to the ranking member —

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