the President has touted the historical contributions of the Department of Energy's fossil energy research programs, while his annual budget request to Congress repeatedly calls for elimination of the very same program.

I am interested in examining the impact of the Administration's anti-fossil fuel policies.

the President's Interior Department effectively reduced lands available for oil shale development by 75 percent, putting over 1.5 million acres off limits.

But the taxpayers and ratepayers in my district don't.

As Congress considers the President's call to extend these subsidies, I hope these choices are the subject of thorough and open debate, taking into account the hardworking American taxpayer and the hardworking American electricity rate payer.

A good chunk of that money, nearly $14 billion last year, according to CBO, is spent offsetting the cost of renewable energy tax credits.

As we evaluate these subsidies, it is important to remember that the President promoted them as not only central to his effort to fight global warming but also as generating jobs that would drive America's economic recovery.

You are wrong. I mean, the article says 40 percent of the funding, 4.3 billion went to 36 wind farms.

I think our average taxpayer would say that is a pretty darn good investment, especially since the price of their energy is so low.

Where do you think we are going to get this money? Do we just print it over at the Treasury?

There is simply no--and all the hand waving in the world cannot erase the fact renewable power is very, very expensive.