[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 91 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TIME TO END AMERICA'S OIL ADDICTION

  (Mr. GARAMENDI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARAMENDI. It's time for America to end its addiction to oil. Our 
national security is at stake. We spend $1 billion a day sending our 
money overseas to the oil companies, many of them owned by foreign 
nations, some of whom are not at all friendly to America.
  I hear a lot of whining from the Republican side of the aisle about, 
well, we can't do that. Well, we cannot continue doing what we're doing 
today. We see the risks--$20 billion worth of economy destroyed along 
the gulf coast. Big Oil has had its day, $12 billion. You want to save 
some money on that side, let's retrieve the $12 billion subsidy that we 
send to the oil industry every day.
  It's time for us to move to renewables. It's time for us to protect 
our coasts. On the west coast, we do not want new Federal oil leases, 
and therefore the West Coast Oil Protection Act must be passed. No more 
Federal leases off the west coast. Move to renewables. Let's retrieve 
our $12 billion annual subsidy that we give to Big Oil. Let's not send 
$1 billion a day of our money to the foreign countries.

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