[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CLEANING UP AFTER THE CLINTON-GORE ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, the Bush administration has been in office 
less than 100 days, and they are unveiling a comprehensive energy 
policy. The Clinton-Gore administration was in office 8 years and 
provided this country with a comprehensive energy crisis.
  The energy issue is not about a clean environment, it is about 
developing a policy. The administration had 8 long years to provide 
this country with a coherent energy policy and they did not.
  Clinton-Gore Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said it best when he 
admitted that the Clinton-Gore administration had been caught napping 
on energy policy. Mr. Speaker, now this country is waking up to the 
nightmare of a full-blown energy crisis, complete with blackouts and 
high gas prices as a result.
  The Clinton-Gore administration had no policy for 8 years. The Bush-
Cheney administration now has one within 100 days.

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