On the recordJune 15, 2004
This Nation is suffering. We are in dire need of a policy that tells the energy future traders on Wall Street to quit running the prices up and to begin thinking about a future where we are producing more energy at home for our own people instead of constantly fighting over battlefields to defend other people's energy supplies that we depend upon. When the last Arab oil embargo hit, we were 30 percent dependent on foreign oil. Today, we are 60 percent dependent, and that number continues to rise.
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