[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16925-16926]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND FOSSIL FUELS

  (Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, the week before last we passed the 
crap-and-trade bill, which is a terrible bill. It's a tax.

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  Then we celebrated Independence Day. And the week before Independence 
Day, we became more dependent on foreign countries for our fossil 
fuels.
  We have fossil fuels in the United States, and we need them. Next 
year we're going to spend $552 billion buying oil from overseas.
  I think it's time that this Congress accepts the fact that we have to 
have fossil fuels for the bridge to the future in order to have the 
ability to provide power for this country. Let's do the right thing for 
this Nation.

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