[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 150 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H12034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WORKING TOGETHER ON ENERGY POLICY

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, despite years of record economic 
expansion, there are storm clouds gathering on the horizon. One of 
those dark clouds is American energy policy, which for the last 8 years 
has been, in effect, an anti-energy policy, thwarting domestic energy 
supplies and driving up costs with needless regulations.
  As winter sets in, natural gas and crude oil prices are at record 
levels and it is the American worker who must shoulder these increases. 
As Governor Bush points out, we need to unite across party lines and 
work together for the American people. Formulating a new domestic 
energy policy is a perfect place to start.
  Together we can ensure that new energy technologies receive proper 
R&D funding. We can reduce our over-reliance on foreign oil through 
environmentally sound domestic production. We can reduce pollution 
without resorting to flawed emissions trading schemes; and we can 
combine forces to see that clean coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro 
continue to provide the reliable and safe energy that drives the U.S. 
economy.

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