Jackie Speier: “The question I have tonight that I would like to pose is when will we see enough damage to say enough is enough. How…”

“The question I have tonight that I would like to pose is when will we see enough damage to say enough is enough. How many oil spills do we need before we take decisive action to end our dependence on fossil fuels? Just last week, probably not heard because we have been focused on the BP oil spill, but last week we saw yet another spill in Salt Lake City, Utah. Any oil spill is one too many, and the era of our planet being constantly contaminated by crude oil must come to an end. The preventable accident in the gulf claimed 11 lives, tragically, and is now the worst environmental disaster in this country's history, and the biggest environmental cleanup that we have ever undertaken. It serves as a terrible reminder of our country's dangerous dependence on foreign oil. As long as we remain addicted to that oil, foreign and domestic, spills are inevitable. The question we have to ask ourselves: How many more do we want to somehow live with?”