Denny Rehberg: “another week has passed without a comprehensive and balanced energy plan. In the first 6 months of this year, we paid…”

“another week has passed without a comprehensive and balanced energy plan. In the first 6 months of this year, we paid terrorists an average of $13 million a day for their oil. This must end. Because America does not have a comprehensive energy plan, we continue to purchase oil from the Middle East; but there is a balanced plan, and it does include increasing domestic oil production. More domestic oil will give us a stable supply and allow us to diminish our dependence on foreign oil. From January to June, we paid $2.3 billion to the countries that give suicide bombers thousands of dollars to threaten the very existence of democracy. Total reliance on energy resources from nations that harbor animosity towards America and our allies must become a thing of the past. Mr. Speaker, we need to unify as Americans and pass a comprehensive and balanced energy plan. The security of our Nation depends on eliminating our dependence on foreign oil.”