[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11891]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 FINGERPOINTING MAY WIN POLITICAL POINTS AT HOME BUT IT DOES NOT SOLVE 
                       OUR NATION'S ENERGY CRISIS

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, during this current energy situation, there 
has been a lot of pointing of fingers of blame in this Chamber. That 
may win political points at home, but it sure does not solve the 
problem.
  President Bush has put forth a very responsible plan to solve our 
energy problem. He has taken the lead. It is a balanced plan that 
stresses conservation as well as increased supply. We, of course, want 
to protect the environment and be responsible with the plan. There is 
no question in that.
  We also need to reduce our dependency on foreign sources of supply. 
It is time that America is in charge of our supply of energy, not 
Saddam Hussein.

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