Diana Degette presented her opening statement.
09/18/2013
https://congress.gov...
if we want to reduce our reliance on OPEC and other bad actors internationally, we should reduce our reliance on oil
opening statement
we need to break our addiction to oil and we need an orderly transition to cleaner, renewable energy sources
they tether us more fully to a global commodity that strains our budgets and also causes real harm to our environment