On the recordDecember 3, 2001
I believe there are fewer issues more important facing our Nation today than the fact we do not have a national energy policy. We need to do it now, not later this month, not next month, and not February or March. It needs to be done as soon as possible, and it needs to be broad based. It needs to provide for additional production. It needs to provide for alternative fuels and conservation. We need incentives for more production. We need to look at the transmission systems. We need to look at nuclear power. All of it should be done. For that reason, I offered this amendment to the substitute that would allow us to have a full debate and hopefully a direct vote on this issue of a national energy policy.
Said by
Trent Lott
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