[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12087]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            AMERICA IS A NATION IN NEED OF ENERGY SOLUTIONS

  (Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it is a widely known fact 
that America is a Nation in need of energy solutions. We have all heard 
the statistics. Over the next 20 years, U.S. oil consumption is 
expected to increase by over 30 percent, natural gas consumption by 
more than 50 percent, and electricity usage will grow by an estimated 
45 percent.
  Yet these facts are not new. This problem did not drop out of the sky 
one day. These statistics have been known for years, yet the Clinton 
administration failed to plan for the future. Now America faces a great 
energy challenge that can only be met through increased production and 
conservation.
  California's policy of strict conservation without production has not 
worked. Despite growing energy consumption, not one major power plant 
was added in the 1990s. Unfortunately, the people of California are 
suffering because of it.
  Mr. Speaker, President Bush has put forth plans emphasizing 
conservation while meeting production needs. We cannot look away like 
past administrations have, hoping that the problem will just go away, 
because it will not.




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