Byron Dorgan: “because the Senate in the last Congress passed an Energy bill which included targets and timetables, I think it would be…”

“because the Senate in the last Congress passed an Energy bill which included targets and timetables, I think it would be considered a retreat if for some reason or another we this year objected to targets and timetables that were included in this Energy bill. In the past Congress, with the President supporting fuel cells and a hydrogen economy, I don't think we ought to be retreating on these kinds of issues. The Senator from Tennessee said there are two parts. There are many parts of the bill. He is right about that. There is the part of the legislation that deals with that which we have always done. We have always been concerned about production of fossil fuels. So we have, of course, portions of the bill to deal with that. We have conservation issues and renewable energy issues. Those have always been in the bill. But this piece is a different part--a part that is different and unusual. This part deals with something that is new, big and bold. It is why the President put it in his State of the Union Address.”