[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13842-13843]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     AMERICAN ENERGY INNOVATION ACT

  (Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JENKINS. Summer travel season is here and prices at the pump are 
climbing. Rather than pursuing policies that will help Americans who 
are already struggling, as well as reduce our dependence on foreign 
energy, some in this body are leading us down a very different path.
  This Congress' decision to embark on a journey toward a future where 
cap-and-trade taxes every man, woman, and child who dares to flip on a 
light switch or drive to the grocery store is the wrong approach. 
There's no doubt we can take better care of our environment, and I'm 
convinced that with an all-of-the-above approach taken in the American 
Energy Innovation Act, we can produce clean alternative energy without 
breaking the bank of American families.
  Why do I think that? Because to address our energy demand we need 
look no further than Kansas.
  From the nuclear plant in Burlington, wind farms in Pottawatomie 
County, biodiesel produced from crops grown in Kansas, we do it all 
there. All we ask is to be allowed to do it.

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