[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H3872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE IS CRAFTING BALANCED, LONG-TERM ENERGY 
                                 POLICY

  (Mrs. WILSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House today starts working on a comprehensive energy bill. It is going 
to be a balanced, long-term approach on energy policy for the Nation.
  We have made wonderful strides in the last 20 years in conserving 
energy in this country. The refrigerator that we can buy today down at 
our local appliance store is one-third more efficient than it was in 
1972.
  We also have to increase supplies of energy and reduce our reliance 
on foreign oil. We have to improve our energy infrastructure, 
strengthen it, and give ourselves safe pipelines and modern 
transmission grids and refineries to get the energy where it needs to 
be.
  We have a wonderful opportunity this summer to craft a policy 
important to the future of this country and to every citizen who pumps 
gas into their car or pays the family electric bill. We should seize 
that opportunity.

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