Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask for unanimous consent to introduce an article into the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Tennessee? There was no objection. Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: Why Canadian Tar Sands Pipelines Are a Bad Bet for the United States (From the National Wildlife Federation Report) CONFRONTING GLOBAL WARMING--INTRODUCTION ``America is addicted to oil.'' When President George W. Bush uttered these words in his 2006 State of the Union address, the former Texas oilman acknowledged an imperative as important as any we can imagine for the nation's future: breaking that crude addiction. Our addiction to oil has come with an untenable cost: to our national security, to our air and water, and to the ability of our warming planet to support billions of human lives. The recent Gulf Coast crisis, stemming from an exploding offshore drilling rig, is just one more reason to kick our prodigious habit. The United States consumes about one quarter of the world's oil--around 20 million barrels a day, and imports nearly two-thirds of that--about 13 million barrels per day. For economic, political, military and ecological reasons, the United States needs to address this addiction--and beat it. The burgeoning Canadian tar sands industry epitomizes the depths of our addiction. Tar sands are a combination of clay, sand, and bitumen found in great quantities under the boreal forest of Alberta.…”