Lynn A. Westmoreland: “We need to be doing something about it, and that's what we're trying to do. And to my friend from Pennsylvania, and…”

“We need to be doing something about it, and that's what we're trying to do. And to my friend from Pennsylvania, and thank you for coming down tonight and helping Mr. Burton and myself with this because we know that you are an expert on it and that you have been trying to correct a situation. Even when the Republicans were in the majority, you were the lone voice crying in the wilderness about this; and I really wish we would have paid more attention. But now is the time when natural gas is $13-plus, the price at the pump is over $4, the price of oil in a barrel is up to about $140. And the gentleman mentioned some of the Norwegian countries. And you know Norway, you know, 30 years ago was dependent on foreign oil. And they said, You know what? We're going to do something about it. Norway is dependent on tourism, fishing. I mean, they are very conscious of their natural resources. Today, they are the third largest exporter of crude oil in the world.”