[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 1, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H4993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            510-PAGE ENERGY REPORT MAKES GOOD FIREPLACE FUEL

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, some skeptics say that this extraordinary 
piece of work, the so-called Securing America's Future Energy Act of 
2001, all 510 pages, looks more to the past than to the future. Those 
skeptics say that the emphasis on dig, drill, burn everywhere and 
anywhere, including the ANWR, is not forward-looking; that the $44 
billion in subsidies, including billions to the cash-rich oil and gas 
industry, which is already gouging American consumers and cannot spend 
the money fast enough, is not a good idea.
  They think the new push for nuclear power, despite the fact that we 
have not resolved what to do with the waste we have already created, is 
a folly. They ignore the tissue of conservation and renewables that has 
been drawn over this for face-saving on the part of the Republicans.
  In fact, they miss the real value of this report. We are going to 
mail one to every American, all 510 pages, and everybody who has a wood 
stove or a fireplace will be able to stay warm for a few minutes next 
winter.

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