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Rising oil prices, executive branch policy, and U.S. security implications: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States ... Congress, second session, March 24, 2000
United States. Congress. Senate
Paperback. Books LLC, Reference Series 2011-10-11.
ISBN 9781234636982
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LC Number: HD9560.5 .U74 2000 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)45003817 Subject: Energy policy -- United States. Excerpt: ... gas shortages were everywhere, and people sat in long lines. At that time the United States only relied on 35 percent foreign oil to meet our domestic needs. Today our reliance on foreign oil averages 56 percent, and in some months out of the year, it reaches 62 percent reliance. The American people want to know why hasn't something been done in the last 27 years to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. All too often in government when a problem comes up, we have a tendency to treat it like a barking dog. You know, give it a bone, a little attention to make it stop barking, and when it stops barking, ignore it until it starts barking again. And that is what we have done in terms of the price of gasoline in our energy policy in this Nation. Such neglectful treatment of such a vital component of our Nation's economy is unconscionable, and the major part of the problem that I see in this regard is the lack of an energy policy by this administration. And I am not even going to point the finger at this administration because that has been happening. It can be pointed at administrations since 1973 who have not developed an energy policy. And, quite frankly, and I don't want to make my colleagues feel uncomfortable, but I think the Congress has also not done the job that we are supposed to be doing in terms of developing an energy policy. One of the things that I am hopeful for is that on a bipartisan basis, we can develop some kind of an energy policy between now and the end of the year. There are a lot of good ideas. I have been on the Leader of the Senate, Senator Trent Lott, and Senator Frank Murkowski, to get a bill that they put together on the floor to be debated and discussed. And if we lose this opportunity and let it go and wait until next year, I think that we may find ourselves back in the same position
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