The rhetoric is just not matching the reality. The reality is that current energy policies are forcing us to buy energy and minerals from the worst polluters on the Earth. Not only are they the worst polluters; they are the worst human rights violators. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Fulcher), who serves on the Committee on Natural Resources.
Bruce Westerman: “The rhetoric is just not matching the reality. The reality is that current energy policies are forcing us to buy energy…”
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