[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CHOICE AND FREEDOM IN OIL ADDICTION

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, slavery in this country did not end in the 
1860s. It still exists because we all are still enslaved by oil. It is 
an addiction. George Bush himself said we are addicted to oil. But his 
answer is to increase the addiction, to go back to the dealer just for 
one more stick of the needle. That is not a long-term energy supply 
response to this crisis.
  Americans need a choice of new energy supplies beyond oil, which is 
the only way to break this addiction, which is the only way to drive 
down price, which is the only way to have an alternative to oil.
  I had in my office yesterday the Ener1 Company, building one of the 
first lithium ion batteries, and the A123 Battery Company; they are 
going to provide the battery for the GM-VOLT. We have to provide 
freedom from this oil addiction by having a policy that gives Americans 
choice of new electric cars, new algae-based biofuels. That's a vision 
for choice and freedom in this country. That's what we should be doing. 
And we will be starting today.

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