[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 ENERGY

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge those across the aisle 
to once and for all end their negative rhetoric and support a 
comprehensive energy plan for America's future. I understand that there 
are those that would have the United States continue to import almost 
60 percent of our oil from many of the very same terrorist-sponsoring 
regimes our sons and daughters are bravely fighting today. I, however, 
will not.
  Mr. Speaker, I have an 18-year-old son; and I will do everything I 
can to not allow this Congress to place him and thousands of other 
young boys and girls in harm's way simply to appease a few extremist 
groups here in Washington. The President's energy plan balances the 
needs of our environment while recognizing that America must develop 
our domestic sources of energy if we are to truly be an independent 
nation.
  I urge my colleagues to support American independence through the 
passage of H.R. 4.

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