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Obama unveils $2.4-billion grant program to aid electric cars
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Pomona -- On the second day of his tour of Southern California, President Obama highlighted his environmental jobs agenda with a visit to an electric-vehicle testing facility in Pomona, where he announced a $2.4-billion competitive grant program to make the electric vehicles more widely available.
Obama's appearance at the Edison International facility, about 30 miles
from downtown Los Angeles, was part of a broader push for his
$3.5-trillion budget, which he has been selling to voters at
campaign-style town halls Wednesday and today in Orange County and Los
Angeles. Later today, he will make an appearance on " The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno."
He alluded to recent criticism by Republicans -- some of whom have said
his plans are too costly and in some cases misguided -- when he
described the California trip as a welcome reprieve from Washington.
He joked to his audience in his opening remarks at Edison that it was "always nice to get out of Washington for a little bit, recharge your batteries."
In his low-key speech before about 100 Edison employees and students from nearby Village Academy High School, Obama highlighted his recovery plan, which he says would create 400,000 jobs in California, and expressed concern about the "devastating impact" of the foreclosure crisis on the state.
But he focused primarily on his proposals to create new jobs in green
technologies and to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil,
noting that the U.S. is importing more oil than it was on Sept. 11,
2001.He joked to his audience in his opening remarks at Edison that it was "always nice to get out of Washington for a little bit, recharge your batteries."
In his low-key speech before about 100 Edison employees and students from nearby Village Academy High School, Obama highlighted his recovery plan, which he says would create 400,000 jobs in California, and expressed concern about the "devastating impact" of the foreclosure crisis on the state.
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