[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 194 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H16650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today the House will be voting on the Energy 
Independence and Security Act. With this legislation, the new 
Democratic Congress is leading America in a new direction on energy 
policy, the most significant energy bill in a generation. We are taking 
a major step toward ending our dependence on foreign oil by increasing 
efficiency standards for cars and trucks for the first time in 30 
years. This will reduce America's need for oil by 1.1 million gallons 
per day, cut millions of tons of global warming pollution, and save 
families up to $1,000 every year.
  The bill implements landmark energy efficiency standards for 
appliances, lighting and buildings, which will save American families 
and businesses billions of dollars in unnecessary energy costs. 
Finally, the bill boosts the production of environmentally protective 
home-grown biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol.
  We can and we will do more: promote solar, wind and other renewable 
energy sources, for example. But this legislation finally begins to 
address high gas prices, America's oil addiction and the global warming 
crisis. It will help create hundreds of thousands of jobs in clean 
energy technologies. So I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting a 
new direction of energy. Vote for H.R. 6.

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