[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H836]
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. Mr. Speaker, in today's news, the 
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, warned that huge 
deficits and borrowing place us at risk for high inflation and high 
interest rates.
  Add this to the high unemployment, borrowing from China and buying 
huge amounts of oil from OPEC, and we have to recognize we've got a 
mess on our hands.
  But there is a solution. We can create jobs and grow our economy 
without raising taxes. It is the bipartisan American Conservation and 
Clean Energy Independence Act, H.R. 2227. This bill uses the trillions 
of dollars from oil and gas exploration off our coast to drive 
conservation and new technologies to improve energy efficiency; develop 
clean-energy generation and infrastructure; rebuild America's 
inefficient transportation system; and clean our air and water. Not 
only will we be creating a clean energy future, but creating millions 
of good-paying jobs for years to come.
  The news tells us of how things are, but that's not how it has to be. 
Join me in supporting the American Conservation and Clean Energy 
Independence Act.

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