[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20227]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PROVIDING A SECURE ENERGY FUTURE

  (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, we must find ways to be 
less reliant on foreign supplies of oil and gas. And this is more than 
an energy issue; this is a national security issue. We cannot be 
beholden to our enemies for our energy supply. But the good news is 
we're making progress domestically to find a diverse energy supply 
using alternative energy sources.
  South Carolina, which is becoming a front-runner in alternative 
energy for the Nation, received $1 million to fund cellulosic ethanol 
process development. These funds will support a bioethanol project that 
Clemson University, SC Bio, Savannah River National Lab and the 
Queensland University of Technology collaborated on using novel 
technology.
  The time is now to provide a secure energy future for generations to 
come. And fortunately, we are working domestically to ensure that 
ethanol technology here at home is a permanent fix to solving our 
dependency on foreign energy sources.

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