On the recordOctober 25, 2023
I say to my distinguished colleague and my friend that we disagree, and here is why. We have to get to a point where we are at parity. Every time we look at it, the money for renewables is huge, and the money for fossil fuel research, where we can make things better for the whole world, is minuscule in comparison. I am trying to level it out, and I would hope that that would be the long-term goal of our appropriators, to level it out. That is why I brought this amendment. I, too, am for all of the above. That is why I didn't zero out the account. However, I think we have to pay attention to what is happening in the world and not be myopic when it comes to recognizing that if we are going to continue to use fossil fuels, we ought to do it cleaner and do it better. We ought to put more money into U.S. research on fossil fuels, everything from using fossil fuels to come up with rare earth to making it cleaner when we burn it for electricity to build electric vehicle battery plants. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
