[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17419-17420]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       INCREASE IN CAFE STANDARDS

  (Mr. HALL of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HALL of New York. Mr. Speaker, last week the Senate took historic 
action by approving the first meaningful increase in CAFE standards in 
over 30 years.
  The Senate bill would raise the average efficiency of all cars on the 
road to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. The result would be dramatic 
relief for working families at the gas pump, significant cuts in demand 
for foreign oil, and the reduction of tailpipe emissions that lead to 
climate change and air pollution.
  If we are serious about ending our dependence on foreign oil and 
combating climate change, we have to take real action on car 
efficiency. At a time when many cars on the road are already capable of 
meeting this standard, the consumers are voting with their dollars by 
buying record numbers of hybrids. We simply cannot wait.

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  By acting to raise CAFE standards to 35 miles per gallon, this House 
can take courageous action to meet some of the greatest challenges of 
our time, keep our domestic auto industry competitive, keep those jobs 
in these countries, and do not concede the efficiency market to foreign 
manufacturers.
  I hope the House will take this visionary action.

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