Jack Kingston: “It does get ridiculous. We are also doing something I think that is real important, and that is, we have passed H.R. 6…”

“It does get ridiculous. We are also doing something I think that is real important, and that is, we have passed H.R. 6, our energy bill. One of the things that small business people need and middle-class American tax payers need are lower energy prices, in the gasoline for their car and the heat and oil for their house and the electric bill for their air conditioner, whatever it is. If we could get an abundant, inexpensive, clean energy supply, it will really help the economy, really help create jobs; and our energy package does lower our dependency on foreign Middle East gasoline and fossil fuel, which, of course, gets into national security and all other kinds of issues; but it also searches for alternatives like hydrogen fuel, fuel cell vehicles, and puts in lots of money for research so that we can get off fossil fuel and improve technology for smart buildings and energy-efficient houses and structures of all nature. That is going to help create jobs, and I am glad that we were able to pass that out of the House. We need it passed by the other body, and we need to get it to the President for signature. The faster we do that, the less dependent we will be on fossil fuel, the more energy alternatives there will be.”