[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12092]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              WORKING TO SOLVE CALIFORNIA'S ENERGY CRISIS

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to let our colleagues know 
that today in the State of California, one of our newest generators 
just went online. Governor Gray Davis has done a tremendous job in 
trying to make sure that the energy and our lights do not go out in the 
State of California. He visited with us last week and met with the 
Senate Committee on Energy Oversight and talked about all the earnest 
effort that he has made, and Californians, to conserve energy.
  Now, we deserve more attention and support by FERC and this 
administration. We should provide more energy funding for renewable 
energy, for conservation, and obviously provide relief for those 
ratepayers, the people that pay the bills. We expect to see a refund. 
Maybe it will not be the $9 billion that Gray Davis is asking for, but 
surely the people of California and the Western States that are 
suffering from this energy crisis deserve the very best attention. They 
are grappling with this problem. They need to have our support.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask all Members today to sign the discharge petition, 
because it is necessary for us to send a message to all citizens of the 
United States that we are with them on the energy conservation 
measures.

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