Pete Sessions: “I want to say with regard to energy policy, it has been obvious to me for some time that this Nation has been operating…”

“I want to say with regard to energy policy, it has been obvious to me for some time that this Nation has been operating within a rosy scenario. We have blithely gone along, even though we have so much more superior technology today and are so much more capable of producing energy without any environmental damage, virtually no environmental damage, and at the same time we have been declaring time and time again that we will not allow energy reserves to be produced. One of the reasons is there is a group in this country that favors high energy prices. This is a no-growth group that is not in the mainstream. But every time there is an opportunity to bring on a new supply of energy, they object. It is their joy when prices go up because they think somehow that will cause people to burn less fuel and emit less pollutants.”