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Gerald Weller: “I said, ``You know, young man, you have a very good question, and that is, will America appreciate what complacency has…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2001
I said, ``You know, young man, you have a very good question, and that is, will America appreciate what complacency has cost us?'' Clearly what we were reminded on September 11 was the consequences, number one, of thinking it will never occur here, but also the consequences of being dependent on others in unstable areas of the world for sources of energy. To me, I think there is something wrong when the policy of this country over the past decade has been to allow our Nation to be dependent on a majority of the oil that we use to power or our economy comes from outside the borders of the United States.
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Gerald Weller
Republican · Illinois
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Discussing energy independence and the impact of September 11 on American complacency.

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