[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H8151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  COAL IS PART OF THE ENERGY SOLUTION

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I represent an energy State, West Virginia. 
We give every day. We have abundant resources of coal and natural gas. 
We understand energy.
  Coal is one of our Nation's most abundant resources, and any truly 
comprehensive energy policy must include coal. This bill does not. It 
is not all-of-the-above.
  We have more coal under our feet than the Middle East has oil. I've 
sponsored legislation, coal-to-liquid. It holds great promise for 
helping us towards our energy independence, but such investment 
received lip service from the leadership of this Congress. In fact, the 
disdain for coal among congressional leadership is well known across 
this Nation.
  It's time we stood up and had a vote on a real bipartisan energy bill 
that includes coal as part of the solution.
  You know what? The American public is frustrated. They're tired of 
this bickering. They want us to work as Republicans and Democrats in a 
bipartisan way to solve this issue. We need an energy plan that works 
for the American people. We also need an energy plan that's actually 
going to get signed into law. This one doesn't have a bit of hope.

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