[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LET'S USE OIL SHALE

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, energy prices are a vital concern to all 
Americans. As gasoline prices are edging up and as the economy is in a 
recession, we all need a policy of making energy affordable and 
available.
  Oil shale is a promising source of energy for America's future. I am 
holding in my hand a piece of oil shale from western Colorado. My 
State, along with Wyoming and Utah, have an estimated quantity of 1 
trillion, with a ``T,'' barrels of oil products within our oil shale.
  Unfortunately, this administration put oil shale development on hold 
almost as soon as it took office. This is unfortunate, because we 
should not be importing oil products from the Middle East if we have it 
here at home. On top of that, the cap-and-tax policy that this 
administration is pushing will also drive up the cost of energy.
  Mr. Speaker, let's have an energy plan that uses American energy 
without needless taxes and costs piled on.

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