Marshall Sanford: “I, too, rise in support of H.R. 1551, and I want to thank Mr. Rice for his hard work on this bill and the way he…”

“I, too, rise in support of H.R. 1551, and I want to thank Mr. Rice for his hard work on this bill and the way he shepherded it through the legislative process. I think it is awfully important for a number of different reasons. I think it is important for the reason of the environment. I come from the low country of South Carolina, and we are seeing firsthand sea level rise and its effect. We can have a huge debate on what is causing that, what is not causing that. But in the meantime, there is a clear scientific consensus on the idea of increased CO<INF>2</INF> emissions being tied to this notion of global warming, which very much impacts my congressional district. It impacts a lot of places around the world. So I think that there is no perfect energy source out there, in fairness to my colleague. But of the available choices out there, I think that something that does address the CO<INF>2</INF> emission question is awfully important, and nuclear does. I think it is also important from the standpoint of base load in terms of energy in this country and its importance in terms of competitiveness around the world. Gordon Sullivan wrote a book entitled ``Hope is not a Method,'' and he talked about we may hope for a whole host of different breakthroughs in terms of alternatives, and I do hope that they come through, whether that is solar or tidal or who knows what.…”