[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    THE PRESIDENT'S ENERGY PROPOSAL

  (Ms. SCHWARTZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHWARTZ. Madam Speaker, last year U.S. foreign oil imports 
climbed to a record level of 66 percent. American families are paying a 
record $3.09 a gallon on average for regular gasoline, more than double 
the cost of gasoline when President Bush took office.
  For 6 years now, the President has failed to address these costs or 
our Nation's energy needs.
  Yesterday, under pressure to finally do something, President Bush 
announced an executive order to develop regulations to lower vehicle 
emissions before he leaves office in 2009.
  This is too little, too late. The administration has had 6 years to 
act, and they have failed. They failed to address the energy concerns 
of our Nation while giving big tax breaks to the oil and gas industry.
  Fortunately, we have a new Democratic Congress that is going to lead 
our Nation towards energy independence. We are determined to find ways 
to be more energy efficient, to bring new, safer, less expensive, 
homegrown sources of energy to American families and American 
businesses, and we will start now by bringing a comprehensive energy 
bill to the House floor in July that will drive down costs and meet our 
Nation's future energy needs.

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