[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          ENERGY SECURITY ACT

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, we are facing an energy shortage. While our 
demand is continually growing, our production is slowing. Take natural 
gas as an example. Our demand for natural gas is actually outstripping 
our demand for oil. By 2020, we will consume 62 percent more natural 
gas than we do today. We need to act responsibly, and we need to act 
quickly. We need to open some of our public lands to exploration for 
natural gas, and we need to build pipelines to deliver it.
  Passing the legislation proposed by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. 
Hansen), chairman of the Committee on Resources, last night was a step 
forward in the right direction.

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