05/02/2006
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"Taxpayer dollars must be spent wisely or not spent at all."
"Do we want to continue to grow more dependent on other nations to meet our energy needs, or do we want to do what is necessary to achieve greater control of our economic destiny?"
"America has enough coal to last for 250 years."
"Our dependence on foreign energy is like a foreign tax on the American people."