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Jim Inhofe: “If there is anything he overlooked, it was in addition to our having electricity, power, and energy in the country, it…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2003
If there is anything he overlooked, it was in addition to our having electricity, power, and energy in the country, it is also the No. 1 national security issue. I can remember, as can the Senator from Idaho, way back in the Reagan administration when we were about 37 percent dependent on foreign countries for our ability to fight a war, and we still did not have an energy policy. As did the Senator from Idaho, I talked to President Bush, then-Governor Bush, before he ran, and he committed himself to an energy policy. It is absolutely essential. I agree we should stay whatever time it takes to get it done.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma
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Discussing the importance of energy policy as a national security issue.

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