Debbie Lesko: “I want to briefly just talk about what my colleague, Mr. Hastings, said. He mentioned that there are 242,000 solar…”

“I want to briefly just talk about what my colleague, Mr. Hastings, said. He mentioned that there are 242,000 solar energy jobs and 102,000 wind energy jobs, and that is great. Allowing oil and gas exploration is not going to take away those jobs. In fact, jobs in those industries are going to increase just naturally. However, at this time, with our technology, I know that you need natural gas and other sources to spin up electric plants fast because the technology isn't there to store the energy for when it is needed. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that what I don't understand about the bills is we are going to need oil and gas. Why would we want to go back to the seventies-type crisis, oil embargo crisis, when we are reliant on foreign nations that are often hostile to us? I just don't understand it. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rooney), my friend.”