[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             ENERGY POLICY

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on all of us to 
work together to find long-term solutions to our energy problems. The 
energy crunch affects all of us from the farmer who pays more for 
diesel fuel to families who are on summer vacation.
  After 8 years of neglect toward our national energy policy, we find 
ourselves trying to deal with higher costs, at the same time looking 
for long-term solutions.
  President Bush's plan for our energy policy is forward thinking and 
sensible. His plan focuses both on our need for conservation and our 
need for increasing energy sources. Best of all, the plan addresses 
these needs without sacrificing our way of life or the environment.
  As we move forward, let us look to what John Foster Dulles once said, 
``The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to 
deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.''
  The sooner we act on a comprehensive energy policy, the sooner we 
will find relief.

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