[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 5, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H14159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          A NEW ENERGY POLICY

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, thank you for the work that you and 
Chairman Dingell have done in bringing forth to the House for a vote 
today an opportunity for a comprehensive energy policy.
  For too long, we've focused on energy for the past, on energy sources 
and products for the world as it was or as some wanted it to be. This 
is an opportunity for us to deal with the energy challenges of today 
and for the future.
  The bill that comes forward will be, for the first time since 1975, 
an opportunity to significantly increase vehicle fuel mileage 
standards. It will contain a renewable portfolio standard that emulates 
what has happened in over half our States across the country, to be 
able to jump-start renewable energy. It will be financed by redirecting 
tax breaks from the largest oil companies who don't need taxpayer 
support to produce oil profitably, and it will be directed to the 
energy sources of the future, renewables, which do need this help to 
bring their opportunities to scale.
  I hope my colleagues will arise to meet this challenge. Vote to pass 
this legislation. Our national security, economic stability, and 
environmental survival depends upon it.

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