Senate Proceeding on Jul 23rd, 2008 :: 4:14:49 to 4:22:45
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Speech By: Pat Roberts

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Pat Roberts: error. our constituents expect and deserve more from our senators. they need real solutions, comprehensive solutions, and they need them now. i hearken back to my comments in regards to kansas cattlemen.

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Elizabeth Dole: john graux looking over his home and ranch completely destroyed by a tornado. he said it best, i can make a backpack but congress has to take real action. we should, and eventually we will find

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Speech By: Elizabeth Dole

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Elizabeth Dole: more, use less. i completely agree.| i yield baciek the balance of my time. mrs. dole: mr. president? the presiding officer: the r:senator from north carolina. mrs. dole: mr. president, it is imperative,

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Elizabeth Dole: imperative that american leaders declare war on high gas prices an implement polls eyes achieve energy independence. we're almost 60% dependent on foreign sources of oil from the likes of iran's

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Elizabeth Dole: ahmadinejad, russia's putin and venezuela's chavez. all of whom harbor anti-american sentiments and get richer while american families are suffering and our businesses are hurting terribly. to secure

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Elizabeth Dole: our energy future, america needs what i would call a kitchen sink policy. we need to throw everything and the kitchen sink at our energy crisis. conservation, alternative energy, exploration, and

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Elizabeth Dole: market fairness. we need policies that provide immediate relief as well as short and long-term solutions. i urged that we halt deposits to the strategic petolium reserve and we successfully pass legislation

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Elizabeth Dole: to that effect. i support s right now releasing one-third of the current reserves which would increase supply, drive down prices, and signal to speculators that the united states government is dead

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Elizabeth Dole: serious about addressing high gas prices. it is also important to protect consumers from illegal market manipulation and corporate corruption. i, along with some of my colleagues, are calling for

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Elizabeth Dole: an oil and gas market fraud task force, to police oil speculators and ensure that energy markets are functioning properly. as we know, the senate is currently considering a bill to rein energ y market

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Elizabeth Dole: speculation, and i agree additional enforcement an transparency can help better manage the commodities that are critical it our economic and national security. we should move forward with responsible

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Elizabeth Dole: actions. but cracking down on speculators alone will not solve our gas price woes. we must also decrease demand and increasecr supply. rising gas prices are driven primarily by a sly--- supply-demand

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Elizabeth Dole: imbalance in the global energy markets. last year global demand exceeded supply by nearly one million barrels a day. the result, over the past year gas prices in north carolina have increased by

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Elizabeth Dole: more than 30%. to decrease demand, i strongly support conservation efforts and investments in alternative energy research. no question america needs a crash course in conservation. i have cosponsored

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Elizabeth Dole: numerous bills to pursue these goals including the clean energy investment act, climate security act and the clean energy tax stimulus act to increase supply, we also must utilize america's vast energy

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Elizabeth Dole: resources. surely bringing these energy resources online will not happen overnight. but, if anything, that means we should move more quickly to pursue them. for instance, if president clinton had not

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Elizabeth Dole: vetoed legislation in 1995 to open 2,000 acres of the 19 million acres in remote areas of alaska for exploration, our current energy deficit would already be reduced by roughly one million barrels

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Elizabeth Dole: of oil a day. after careful consideration, i support lifting the moratorium on the outer continental shelf, o.c.s., giving states the option of allowing exploration at least 50 miles offshore where

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Elizabeth Dole: it is not visible from land. a portion of revenues generated from leases would go to the states and could be used for dredging and beach renursement and other coastal priorities. families struggling

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Elizabeth Dole: with high gas prices cannot afford for congress to keep energy options off the table. they must all be on the table. and i'm excited about lifting restrictions on oil shale exploration in the rocky mountain

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Elizabeth Dole: west. with the potential for oil shale to produce more than three times the proven reserves of saudi arabia, we can ill afford to further delay utilizing this american oil resource. however, we

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Elizabeth Dole: should not explore for more petroleum at the expense of alternative energy. we must pursue all of available -- all available resources, including nuclear, clean coal, natural gas, wind, solar, and biofuels.

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Elizabeth Dole: along those lines, let me add that not only are families being slammed with high energy costs, but they're also being hit hard with escalating food prices. i'm very concerned that food-to-fuel mandates have

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Elizabeth Dole: resulted in a substantial part of our corn crop and other products produced into ethanol supplies severely impacting food and feed prices. since february of 2006, the price of corn has increased

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Elizabeth Dole: by more than 200%. and this has caused feed price increases that impact the cost of basic items like milk, eggs and meet. during consideration of the 2001 energy bill, senator -- 2007 energy bill,

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Elizabeth Dole: senator inhofe and i tried to include a safeguard in the renewable fuel standard that would have represent add situation like we face today. the administration should waive the mandates and we need

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Elizabeth Dole: to correct these unintended negative consequences where anre excessive amount of corn and vegetable oils have gone into production. this is having an impact, mr. president, worldwide, and emptying the

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Elizabeth Dole: shelves of our food banks and food pantries. alternative energy must absolutely be a part of our energy future. but there are obvious and painful lessons to be learned from the ripple eects of these

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Elizabeth Dole: mandates. mr. president, one day we will be free from the stranglehold of high gas prices and dependence on foreign oil. we will power our economy with alternative energy sources and no longer will the

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Elizabeth Dole: petro tyrants in iran, venezuela, and russia be able to hold the world economy hostage. but to get there, we're going to have to throw everything and the kitchen sink at our energy crisis. i call

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Elizabeth Dole: on president bush to hold a national summit now for congressional and national leaders to come together and develop a comprehensive plan. the time is now for realistic bipartisan solutions to provide

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Elizabeth Dole: families and businesses with immediate relief to meet our energy needs for the short term d to secure our energy independence for the future. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the republican

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Elizabeth Dole: whip is recognized. mr. kyl: thank you, mr t. president. i thng that -- i think that senator dole's idea of the kitchen sink approach is right on target. maybe we'll find a way that the kitchen sink

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Jon Kyl: can help us out. it is everything but the kitchen sink that republicans are suggesting is the answer to our oil crisis. there isn't just one answer. and that's why we don't agree with the democratic bill

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Speech By: Jon Kyl