[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S2990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        AMERICA'S ENERGY CRISIS

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I am here today to speak about another 
bill, but I listened with interest to the comments of my colleague from 
Alaska on our energy crisis and would like to associate myself with his 
comments.
  I know, as does he, that we are more dependent now, I guess, than at 
any time in our history on foreign oil. And anyone who thinks that the 
war in the gulf was anything other than a war over oil is being naive. 
I think, as my friend from Alaska, that trading the blood of American 
soldiers is a pretty darned poor trade for oil. But clearly, if we do 
not have some kind of coherent energy policy and if we do not move to 
develop our resources, we are destined to do more battle on foreign 
lands.
  It also is interesting to me to note that when we do have public 
hearings about developing America's natural resources, some of the 
people who protest the development show up in automobiles getting about 
4 miles to the gallon.
  At any rate, I look forward to working with the chairman on trying to 
enhance production of American resources.


                          ____________________