Shelley Berkley: “this is an energy bill that will do nothing to help the families living in southern Nevada with the cost of their power.…”

“this is an energy bill that will do nothing to help the families living in southern Nevada with the cost of their power. Whatever good provisions may be in the bill are buried under billions of dollars in subsides for the nuclear industry. I am appalled that this Nation would spend one cent more on nuclear energy when there is no safe way to ship and no safe way to store radioactive nuclear waste. There is also no provision in this legislation to address this Nation's dependence on foreign oil. We will be importing just as much oil if this bill passes as we are today. And we will continue our unholy alliance with Middle East countries that export terrorism and finance terrorists. Finally, I am disappointed that the overwhelming majority of tax incentives in this bill are reserved for nuclear, coal, oil and natural gas. This subsides come at the expense of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal that must be a major component of any long-term energy policy for this Nation if this Nation is to ever be energy independent. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose this rule, oppose the legislation.”