On the recordJuly 9, 2001
I can't think of an issue that affects more people and is more likely to become a crisis again than energy. We have gone now 8, 10 years without a policy regarding energy, not having any real direction with regard to what we are going to do. We have become 60-percent dependent on OPEC and overseas oil. We haven't developed refineries, new transmission lines, or pipelines in order to move energy from where it is to where it is needed, and still our leadership here refuses to move forward. I think we will again be facing the same kind of situation we just had if we don't move to find a long-term resolution, and we can. We now have a policy from the administration, one that deals with domestic production. There is access to public lands, much of it standing in Alaska or in many places that could indeed have production without damage to the environment. We can do that. We can talk about conservation. We can talk about renewables.
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