[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

  (Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent one of 
the greenest districts in America, thanks to our hydroelectric dams 
that produce 70 percent of our electricity in Washington State. When 
you combine that with nuclear and wind and solar and biomass, we have 
one of the smallest carbon footprints in the country. Yet cap-and-trade 
would penalize Washington State, too, forcing us to pay higher costs 
for our energy. A Federal judge in Portland is proposing, or wants us 
to consider at least, removing the four lower Snake River dams that 
provide 5 percent of our electricity.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to stop saying no to American energy and start 
saying yes to American energy. We need to unleash American energy 
producers and not implement policies that are actually going to hurt 
our economy, trade our jobs and cause them to go overseas make us more 
dependent on foreign sources of energy.
  Let's say yes to American energy. Let's say yes to American energy 
independence.

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