[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              MAKING AMERICA LESS DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN OIL

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, for too long our Nation has been dependent on 
foreign oil. Today all of our constituents and all Americans are 
feeling that lack of independence at the pump. It is time for this 
Congress to enact realistic and effective energy legislation that will 
help America become energy independent.
  We must begin to invest in the resources we have right here at home. 
We must work together to create solutions to rely on our own ingenuity 
rather than the unreliable sources of foreign energy. Some of these 
solutions begin right on the farm, like in my own district in northeast 
Wisconsin. Biodiesel, methane digesters, cellulosic ethanol, all of 
these measures will help us become independent once again. It begins 
with a $5 million investment in our own family farms, the energy 
independent family farm program. This provision will be included in the 
farm bill, and I urge all my colleagues to support it, along with the 
other positive measures within it.
  By investing and creating energy independence on the farm, we will 
take the first step in becoming less dependent on foreign sources of 
energy.

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