Orrin Hatch: “as the Senate is poised to pass the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and send it to the President, Utahns should sit up and…”

“as the Senate is poised to pass the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and send it to the President, Utahns should sit up and take notice, because our State is at the heart of this legislation. So many of the problems in our energy structure have solutions that can be found in Utah, whether it is the need for more clean coal, more clean geothermal energy, more natural gas, better hydroelectric, more refining capacity, or more major sources of domestic oil, Utah will play a major part in the solution. I want to talk more about some of these solutions, but first, let me take a moment to thank Chairman Domenici and Senator Bingaman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for leading us to this point. The Senate Finance Committee, on which I sit, has made a major contribution to the bill with its tax incentives title. Chairman Grassley and Senator Baucus deserve just as much praise for their outstanding coordination and hard work on that important part of this bill. As the ranking member of the Finance Committee and as a Conferee on this legislation, I was able to watch all 4 of these men work together under pressure, and I could not be more impressed with their leadership and the work their excellent staffs have provided to our nation at this critical time. Working together, they have given us what I consider to be one of the most important bills to be enacted in a long time.…”