[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18472-18473]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ALL-OF-THE-ABOVE ENERGY STRATEGY

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I'm pretty happy today. The rumors coming 
out of the majority bring hope that we'll have an opening up of the 
Outer Continental Shelf, not just in this energy bill that should come 
to the floor next week, but also in stopping the prohibition on the 
continuing resolution. That will bring the opportunity of more supply 
of oil and gas to our country, a much-needed benefit.
  I know we all focus on crude oil a lot, but an all-of-the-above 
energy strategy would also address coal. There's two

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provisions, Congressmen Boucher/Shimkus coal-to-liquid bill, which 
would help incentivize coal being turned into liquid fuel. That would 
help decrease our reliance on imported crude oil, make our country 
safer.
  The Department of Defense wants long-term contracting so that we can 
incentivize coal-to-liquid refineries. That would also help. An all-of-
the-above strategy would not forget coal.

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