[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 70 (Thursday, May 7, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        AMERICAN CONSERVATION AND CLEAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE ACT

  (Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, our Nation needs an 
energy renaissance. We must develop a wide range of energy sources with 
a shared goal of reducing emissions and leaving our planet cleaner. We 
must have clean coal, efficient renewable energy, clean nuclear energy, 
and responsible use of fossil fuels.
  It is time for an energy renaissance that uses American resources to 
create American jobs and stop spending hundreds of billions of dollars 
each year to OPEC. We know that building this bridge to America's clean 
energy future will require the largest commitment this Nation has ever 
seen. It is expensive, it is necessary, and it is time.
  Over the past few months, I worked with my colleague, Representative 
Abercrombie, and other Democrats and Republicans, with no members of 
leadership or special interests involved with us, but wrote a plan for 
American energy independence focusing on exploration, conservation and 
innovation to build this bridge to America's clean energy future. We 
introduced H.R. 2227, the American Conservation and Clean Energy 
Independence Act, which uses American resources to cut our dependence 
on foreign oil, clean up our air, land and water, dramatically improve 
energy efficiency and conservation, create millions of new jobs, fuel 
our economy, and do all this without raising taxes. I urge my 
colleagues to sign on as cosponsors of this bill.

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