Zach Wamp: “Mr. Chairman, this is a bill that requires our stewardship. This is what Speaker Gingrich called the best subcommittee…”

“Mr. Chairman, this is a bill that requires our stewardship. This is what Speaker Gingrich called the best subcommittee in the House, because we fund our public lands and these investments. Let me also tell my colleagues that in a bipartisan way, I am the Co-Chairman of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Caucus in this House. We have half the House that belongs. We have many Members from the conservative Republican faction that have written us saying, invest in energy efficiency and energy conservation programs. I fought for an increase in those programs. If we are going to wean ourselves off of reliance on Middle Eastern oil, Mr. Chairman, we have to invest in alternatives. We have to invest in conservation and energy efficiency technologies.”