[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12539-12540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 AMERICAN CLEAN ENERGY AND SECURITY ACT

  (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Madam Speaker, as the American Clean Energy and 
Security Act goes to markup next week, citizens around our country will 
be looking forward to legislation that not only addresses the crucial 
issues of energy independence and climate change but also does not 
greatly increase our costs.
  Americans understand that we are at a crucial point with the high and 
unpredictable costs of energy, global warming, and its direct impact on 
our health, wellbeing, and national security must be addressed. The 
people of the insular areas understand this in a more acute way as we 
have the highest energy costs in the Nation, geographic locations that 
are susceptible to the ill effects of climate change, and economies 
that can be easily affected if the goals of energy independence and 
environmental sustainability are not reached.
  As we work to move our country into a new clean energy economy, we 
look forward to our full inclusion in legislation that will create jobs 
in our communities, encourage the production of cleaner renewable 
energy resources, decrease the pollution that has damaged our air and 
water quality and impacted our health, and produce entrepreneurial 
opportunities for both large and small businesses.
  We look forward to a new direction and a new clean energy and green 
economy.

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