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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
What did you think of Garemendi's address
Congressman John Garamendi spoke to LLNL employees on Tuesday 1/5 at 2:30 PM. Your opinion?
7 comments:
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He demonstrated a good understanding of the energy challenges we face. That it it! Will he be part of the solution? or is he a good talker?
f fusion is the energy source of the future, the current administration and public need to be informed.
That was the message Congressman John Garamendi shared with employees Tuesday during and all-hands presentation.
“In 10 years, there could actually be legitimate fusion power,” he said. “You said you needed a few dollars to get that done. That dream is possible.”
He said the Laboratory is a place that cannot only help the country in national security and nonproliferation but in energy and climate change as well. “The Lab spins off incredibly important information. To watch the evolution of the Laboratory do so many other things besides the central purpose of national security is exciting.”
This was Garamendi’s first visit to the Lab since being elected last November representative of the state’s 10th district, which includes the Lab. Garamendi, formerly California’s lieutenant governor, won the seat previously held by Rep. Ellen Tauscher.
He sits on the Transportation Infrastructure Committee as well as the Science and Technology Subcommittee on Innovation, Technology, Energy and Water. He said the goal of this committee is to educate itself first on the important issues and then disseminate that to the public.
“It’s been three decades since our nation has dealt with nuclear energy issues,” he said. “We need to educate ourselves and develop support for projects such as NIF and fusion power.”
While the Laboratory did not receive a large amount of financial support for energy projects through the first round of funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Garamendi said there is a significant amount of dollars available for future projects. “A lot of that money isn’t going where it may have the greatest potential,” he said. “In the first round, winners had been preselected and others were left out. There is second round that hasn’t been spent or decided how it will be used. Can some of that be used here on this campus? I’m going to push this process to work with DOE and other departments that are not normal funding sources here to bring the money to carry out the broad mission of this Laboratory.”
Garamendi commented on his privilege to represent the district with the greatest research facilities in the world. His district includes Livermore and Sandia labs and skirts Lawrence Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley.
“This is where it will be developed if we we’re willing to invest in those things and take the risks of the investment,” he said. “The knowledge in this area is unparalleled. There is some real serious thinking going on and I need to have that information so please share it with me. “
You can trust a Congressman. They never lie. He'll help save jobs at LLNL... just as soon as he receives his campaign contributions from LLNS and Bechtel.
He did appreciate the Disney-like landscaping of NIF.
He seemed to be enthusiastic to be at the lab, hopefully that was not a show. I was pleased that he has a history with the Lab and it would appear that he feels that we have something to contribute.
But then, he said he believed Pelosi when she stated that there would be no additional taxes on the middle class to pay for impending medical plan. If the speaker can sell him that bill of goods, then maybe Moses and Miller can sell him on NIF producing commercial power in 10 years.
I miss Ellen. She was interested in and understood weapons and national security issues. She was on the Armed Services Committee and headed its Strategic Weapons Subcommittee, he's just on the Transportation committee. We'll see how aggressive and successful he is in pushing work/money to LLNL
7 comments:
He demonstrated a good understanding of the energy challenges we face. That it it! Will he be part of the solution? or is he a good talker?
f fusion is the energy source of the future, the current administration and public need to be informed.
That was the message Congressman John Garamendi shared with employees Tuesday during and all-hands presentation.
“In 10 years, there could actually be legitimate fusion power,” he said. “You said you needed a few dollars to get that done. That dream is possible.”
He said the Laboratory is a place that cannot only help the country in national security and nonproliferation but in energy and climate change as well. “The Lab spins off incredibly important information. To watch the evolution of the Laboratory do so many other things besides the central purpose of national security is exciting.”
This was Garamendi’s first visit to the Lab since being elected last November representative of the state’s 10th district, which includes the Lab. Garamendi, formerly California’s lieutenant governor, won the seat previously held by Rep. Ellen Tauscher.
He sits on the Transportation Infrastructure Committee as well as the Science and Technology Subcommittee on Innovation, Technology, Energy and Water. He said the goal of this committee is to educate itself first on the important issues and then disseminate that to the public.
“It’s been three decades since our nation has dealt with nuclear energy issues,” he said. “We need to educate ourselves and develop support for projects such as NIF and fusion power.”
While the Laboratory did not receive a large amount of financial support for energy projects through the first round of funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Garamendi said there is a significant amount of dollars available for future projects.
“A lot of that money isn’t going where it may have the greatest potential,” he said. “In the first round, winners had been preselected and others were left out. There is second round that hasn’t been spent or decided how it will be used. Can some of that be used here on this campus? I’m going to push this process to work with DOE and other departments that are not normal funding sources here to bring the money to carry out the broad mission of this Laboratory.”
Garamendi commented on his privilege to represent the district with the greatest research facilities in the world. His district includes Livermore and Sandia labs and skirts Lawrence Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley.
“This is where it will be developed if we we’re willing to invest in those things and take the risks of the investment,” he said. “The knowledge in this area is unparalleled. There is some real serious thinking going on and I need to have that information so please share it with me. “
I liked the person who said we have to double the price of gas in order to sell Prius's
You can trust a Congressman. They never lie. He'll help save jobs at LLNL... just as soon as he receives his campaign contributions from LLNS and Bechtel.
He did appreciate the Disney-like landscaping of NIF.
He seemed to be enthusiastic to be at the lab, hopefully that was not a show. I was pleased that he has a history with the Lab and it would appear that he feels that we have something to contribute.
But then, he said he believed Pelosi when she stated that there would be no additional taxes on the middle class to pay for impending medical plan. If the speaker can sell him that bill of goods, then maybe Moses and Miller can sell him on NIF producing commercial power in 10 years.
But I'll bet RRW is still dead.
I miss Ellen. She was interested in and understood weapons and national security issues. She was on the Armed Services Committee and headed its Strategic Weapons Subcommittee, he's just on the Transportation committee. We'll see how aggressive and successful he is in pushing work/money to LLNL
You miss Ellen?
She silently participated in the selling of LLNL to the corporate world!
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