Congressman Baird urges Americans to go green

Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA) held a press conference to encourage Americans to spend the money they receive from President Bush’s stimulus package on “green” products in order to both help the environment and boost the sagging economy.

Baird discussed how Americans have to spend the money “being put in our pockets” responsibly, and by improving our environment we could in turn better the future of our country. He cited his urging Congress to pass the bipartisan resolution H. Res. 987 as a start to begin convincing citizens to support his “Buy Green to Save Green” legislation.

Baird mentioned that although legislation to “go green” has been slow to implement, individual efforts to improve the environment have been successful. At the press conference, representatives from Lowes Hardware, Sears, and Home Depot spoke about how their companies have made efforts to increase the sales of environmentally friendly products by offering consumers discounts on such goods.