[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7121]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        PASS A CLEAN ENERGY BILL

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, 40 years ago the Cuyahoga River in Ohio 
caught fire, and Congress got the message and passed a suite of clean 
waters bills that cleaned up our waters. Now, with this 5,000-barrel, 
maybe-plus, oil spill in the Gulf, Congress and the U.S. Senate 
particularly needs to get the message and pass a clean energy bill that 
will reduce our addiction, reduce our dependence on oil from any 
source. We are fully capable of doing this.
  This fall, because of a bill we have already passed, the Johnson 
Controls company will open up a lithium ion battery production facility 
in Holland, Michigan, to power electric cars. I drove the Chevy Volt 
and look forward to driving the Ford Focus, an all-electric car.
  We can reduce our dependence on oil if the U.S. Senate will get the 
message, get off the dime, and pass a clean energy bill like we have in 
the House to reduce our dependence on oil and reduce the threat of 
these horrendous oil spills.

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