[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 24, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E193-E194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS OUR NATION'S ENERGY NEEDS

                                 ______
                                 

                             HON. RON LEWIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 24, 2007

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, I rise to inform my colleagues 
of legislation I have introduced today to address our Nation's energy 
needs through investment incentives for coal-to-liquid, CTL, 
technology.
  The legislation that I have proposed will expand the Alternative 
Fuels Excise Tax Credit to include CTL technology, allow for the 
expensing of equipment used in the CTL process, and allow for enhanced 
oil, natural gas, and coalbed methane recovery credits.
  My bill, identical to H.R. 5653 in the 109th Congress, has been 
supported by the Southern States Energy Board, a bipartisan, multi-
state consortium dedicated to enhancing economic development through 
innovations in energy and environmental policies.
  Our economic future and our national security now depend on unstable 
sources of foreign oil. Few realize the numerous possibilities for 
alternative oil and liquid transportation fuel production that lie 
right here within our borders. In fact, America has the world's largest 
alternative liquid fuels resource base of coal, biomass, and oil shale. 
Exciting technologies are now available to harness these resources in 
an environmentally responsible and economically rewarding way to 
substitute conventional oil use.
  I believe the incentives offered by an expanded Alternative Fuels 
Excise Tax Credit will foster an environment where this important 
technology can become a viable production option. I ask my colleagues 
to consider their support for this bill in an effort to ensure that all 
necessary tools are in place to achieve energy independence in the 
years ahead.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, January 25, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               JANUARY 26
     9 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
       To receive a closed briefing regarding recent Chinese anti-
           satellite testing.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                               JANUARY 30
     9 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine Senators' perspectives on 
           global warming, focusing on Senators' views on global 
           warming and what each Senator believes the nation's 
           response should be to the issue.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral 
           William J. Fallon, USN, for reappointment to the grade 
           of admiral and to be Commander, United States Central 
           Command.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine long-term fiscal challenges.
                                                            SD-608
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the status of Federal land 
           management agencies' efforts to contain the costs of 
           their wildlife suppression activities and to consider 
           recent independent reviews of and recommendations for 
           those efforts.
                                                            SD-366
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine exercising Congress' 
           constitutional power to end a war.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the remaining options, 
           alternative plans and the Iraq Study Group relating to 
           securing America's interests in Iraq.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine transportation sector fuel 
           efficiency, including challenges to and incentives for 
           increased oil savings through technological innovation 
           including plug-in hybrids.
                                                            SD-366

                               JANUARY 31
     9:30 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         Organizational business meeting to consider an original 
           resolution authorizing expenditures for committee 
           operations, committee's rules of procedure for the 
           110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments.
                                                            SR-301
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine ensuring the economic future 
           by promoting middle-class prosperity.
                                                            SD-106
     9:45 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the roles of Federal food 
           assistance programs in family economic security and 
           nutrition.
                                                           SR-328A
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of the 
           Treasury's report to Congress on International Economic 
           and Exchange Rate Policy (IEERP) and the U.S.-China 
           strategic economic dialogue.
                                                            SD-538
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine solutions to long-term fiscal 
           challenges.
                                                            SD-608
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Organizational business meeting to consider an original 
           resolution authorizing expenditures for committee 
           operations, committee's rules of procedure for the 
           110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; committee 
           will also consider the Genetic Information 
           Nondiscrimination Act.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Iraq Study Group, 
           focusing on recommendations for improvements to Iraq's 
           police and criminal justice system.
                                                            SD-226
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine Federal small business 
           assistance programs for veterans and reservists.
                                                           SR-428A
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine if Medicare Part D is working 
           for low-income seniors.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine economic and security 
           concerns relating to promoting travel to America.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine challenges and strategies for 
           securing the U.S. border.
                                                            SD-226
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine abusive practices in 
           Department of Defense contracting for services and 
           inter-agency contracting.
                                                            SR-222

                               FEBRUARY 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine accelerated biofuels 
           diversity, focusing on how home-grown, biologically 
           derived fuels can blend into the nation's 
           transportation fuel mix.
                                                            SDG-50
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the communications 
           marketplace relating to the Federal Communications 
           Commission.
                                                            SR-253

                               FEBRUARY 6
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                               FEBRUARY 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department 
           of Energy.
                                                            SD-366

                               FEBRUARY 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine issues relating to labor, 
           immigration, law enforcement, and economic conditions 
           in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
                                                            SD-366

                              FEBRUARY 13
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the ``Stern Review of the 
           Economics of Climate Change'' examining the economic 
           impacts of climate change and stabilizing greenhouse 
           gases in the atmosphere.
                                                            SD-106

                              FEBRUARY 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-366