Tom Udall: “Today, America faces an energy crisis. The Senate owes the American people solutions. But this resolution is an attempt…”

“Today, America faces an energy crisis. The Senate owes the American people solutions. But this resolution is an attempt to bury our heads in the sand and ignore reality. The oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico is only the most visible aspect of our energy crisis. The true consequences of our energy policy are spread even wider than the spill and the costs, even more deadly. First, our dependence on imported oil is a threat to our national security. Imported oil fuels dictators and terrorists, and the CIA believes climate change will make the world more unstable. If we block the clean energy transition with this resolution, we will be forced to use an additional 450 million barrels of oil, most of which will be imported. Instead, the Senate should reject this resolution and recognize that the transition to a clean energy economy is a national security priority. Americans want our national security out of the quagmire of foreign oil dependency. This resolution puts us in deeper. Here at home, this dependence is also a threat to the pocketbooks of American families and businesses.”