[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11048]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           CALIFORNIA ENERGY PROBLEMS THE FAULT OF CALIFORNIA

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, anybody that gets frustrated with a 
utility company, I am completely sympathetic with. But I have to say, I 
think it is a little immature of the Governor of California to 
continuously blame power companies for some of their problems out 
there.
  Just think about this: The State of California in the last 10 years 
had unprecedented prosperity and growth, and during that period of 
time, they, like any other growing municipality or entity, would add 
new schools, new roads, new hospitals; but when it came time to approve 
new power plant construction, oh, no, we cannot do that.

                              {time}  1900

  We are going to defy the law of supply and demand. What were they 
thinking? Grow up. They have to add to their infrastructure power. They 
cannot have a 25 percent increase in demand and only increase the 
supply 6 percent. It is as if Governor Davis has the key to the power 
that they need for hospitals, for schools, for learning, for lights, 
and even the gasoline for going places in one's car. It is like he has 
the key to it and he is throwing it away so that the lowly working 
folks, in his opinion, the middle class, cannot function.
  Madam Speaker, I would say, let the key go and open up the supply, 
Governor Davis.

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