We have a much more immediate need in West Virginia, attracting enough private investment to build out basic wireless infrastructure.
But, the private will move a lot quicker and then--than what we're--the Federal.
Senator Joe Manchin recently sent a letter to the FCC supporting this idea.
We are going to have to have an energy policy here that does not make us more dependent on foreign oil.
We have about seven million barrels a day of imports that we depend on.
We hope to use it as that strategic reserve, but we keep it around for good reason.
It is hard to go home and explain why we would be exporting when, basically, the prices here can be so volatile.
The State of West Virginia, as you know, would be very much interested in using and developing this pilot project.
I am wary of proposals that expand the power and the ability of the Federal Government to intervene in the free market.
Guarding against the use of the SPR for political purposes, I think, should be an enduring concern for all of us.
Sooner or later we are going to have to use the resources we have not to be dependent on foreign oil.