Roscoe Bartlett: “we have 2 percent of the nonreserves of oil. We use 25 percent of the world's oil. We import almost two-thirds of what…”

“we have 2 percent of the nonreserves of oil. We use 25 percent of the world's oil. We import almost two-thirds of what we use. Ten years from now when we look back, our regret is going to be that there wasn't ten times as much money in this bill for these programs. This is desperately needed. The market is neither omniscient nor omnipotent. It will not solve this problem. If this government does not solve it, it won't be solved because the private sector cannot do it. We need real leadership in this area, and that is a major responsibility of government. And again I say mark it down. Ten years from now you will look back and say why wasn't there ten times as much money in that bill because we really needed it? This falls far short of what we ought to be doing, but at least it is something. Please vote for it.”