[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  WE NEED A BALANCED LONG-TERM PLAN TO ADDRESS AMERICA'S ENERGY NEEDS

  (Mrs. WILSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, this country needs a balanced long-term 
energy plan to address America's energy needs. We are more dependent on 
foreign oil today than we were at the height of the energy crisis in 
the 1970s. Fifty-five percent of the oil used in America comes from 
foreign sources, mostly in the Middle East.
  We have made great strides in energy efficiency over the last two 
decades. We have cleaner water, cleaner air, and cleaner land today 
than we did 20 years ago. There is no going back, and nobody wants to. 
We can have conservation and an adequate energy supply.
  Our energy policy must include both. We need to build the safe 
pipelines and the transmission systems to get our energy to where it is 
needed to meet the needs of a growing American people. We should expect 
the best energy system in the world, and we can pass a balanced long-
term energy plan through this House in order to do so.

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