Marilyn Musgrave: “We all have a desire to go to alternatives. We all want to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. You talked about that…”

“We all have a desire to go to alternatives. We all want to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. You talked about that 40 percent. 60 percent of that comes from very unstable areas of the world, and we know that, and we want to lessen that dependence that we have on them and become energy-independent, but this is a long road. We have to start right now, right here today, for the American people who are suffering with the high cost of energy. Today are the solutions that the Republicans have come forth with--more domestic exploration. You have spoken so well, Mr. Peterson, to our Nation's being locked up, but nations around the world do energy exploration off their coasts in an environmentally sound way. There is no reason that America should not be doing that. Look at the States like I am from, Colorado. There are abundant natural resources that we have, and there are the technologies that are available now with oil shale, and there is the future we have on that. We need to get to work on that right away.”