[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMISTS DRIVE UP COST OF UTILITIES

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, if people wonder why their utility bills 
have gone up so much lately, they need look no further than the 
environmental groups. Environmentalists protest and stop or delay and 
thus drive up the costs every time a company tries to produce more 
natural gas, coal, oil or lumber. As a recent column by Thomas Sowell 
pointed out, these groups have stopped California from building any new 
power plants for over a decade. Many lower-income and senior citizens 
are now having to choose between eating or paying their utility bills. 
Most of the, quote, credit for this belongs to environmental 
extremists. If our leaders do not soon realize how left-wing most 
environmentalists have become, it will soon wreck our economy.

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