[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



AMERICA NEEDS ENERGY POLICY TO PROTECT AMERICA'S INTERESTS AND FAMILIES

  (Mrs. CUBIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CUBIN. Mr. Speaker, driving is not a luxury to most Americans, 
it is a necessity, especially in the mountain West where I live where 
one might have to drive 100 miles to go see the doctor.
  Americans need their cars, and they need their cars to get to work, 
to school, to church, and to the grocery store. Truckers need their 
rigs to deliver food, clothing, and other goods across the Nation.
  When gas prices get out of hand, it is more than just inconvenient, 
it is a considerable financial problem. Truckers across the country are 
having their livelihoods threatened because they cannot afford the 
price of fuel. Families are curbing their long-anticipated summer 
vacation plans. This is simply wrong.
  The gas prices that plague our Nation represent a complete failure of 
the energy policy or lack of energy policy, I should say, of the 
Clinton-Gore administration. It is time for Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore to 
wake up. America needs an energy policy that will protect America's 
interests, help our families and our national security.




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