[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              STRONG SUPPORT FOR H.R. 6, CLEAN ENERGY ACT

  (Mr. BRALEY of Iowa asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Madam Speaker, I rise this afternoon to express 
my strong support for H.R. 6, the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007. This bill 
will help move our country toward a goal shared by all Americans, a 
desire to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by shifting our energy 
emphasis from the Middle East to the Midwest.
  According to the GAO, the United States has spent $130 billion in the 
past 32 years in government subsidies to the oil industry. The CLEAN 
Energy Act of 2007 represents a bold new direction in our energy policy 
by creating a strategic renewable energy reserve to invest in clean 
renewable energy resources like ethanol, biodiesel and wind energy.
  As someone whose family has been farming in Iowa for the past 150 
years, I am proud that Iowa has been at the epicenter of the renewable 
fuels explosion and alternative energy boom with over 55 ethanol and 
biodiesel refineries built or under construction. Iowa also ranks third 
in wind energy production and tenth in wind energy potential in the 
United States.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to have had the privilege to have voted 
today for the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007.

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