[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  FOLLOW THE LAW FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Madam Speaker, we have had the right to be disappointed 
in the President's abject refusal to do anything to give us auto 
efficiency and clean autos for years. And now we still have the right 
to be disappointed even though he has been ordered to do so by the 
United States Supreme Court. We sort of heard this sort of semi ``maybe 
I'll think about it'' approach the other day.
  We need some bold action when it comes to new technology, including 
in our automobile sector; and we know we can get that. We know we can 
have efficient automobiles, and we know we can deal with global 
warming.
  I've got to tell you, I just cannot understand why some folks here 
want to embrace ignorance on global warming. They point out that we 
didn't know about global warming in 1970. We didn't know about the 
Internet either, but I don't know why you shouldn't use it.
  We've learned some things from 1970. We've learned that the planet is 
warming. We've learned that CO2 is responsible. We've 
learned that it's coming from our industries. And we've learned that if 
we have the Federal law followed, we will have energy efficiency and a 
clean energy economy in the future of this country.

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