Renewable Energy Means Lower Energy Costs

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Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my disappointment. Last night, the House voted to task the oil and gas industry to report on the state of fossil fuel refining in the United States.

They would like to see how the United States Government can do more for their industry--drill, baby, drill--the claim being that our government needs this report to increase fossil fuel production with an implied promise, but no guarantee, of lower energy prices.

That would be like asking for a 1905 report from the Federation of Blacksmiths on how to better change the horseshoes on a horse instead of focusing on the rising future of transportation: the automobile.

So I wonder: When will Congress use its time to call for a report on the state of the future for renewable energy?

When will we be asking clean energy producers how the government can make it easier to bring renewables online and reduce greenhouse gases?

We know renewable energy can lower energy costs.

I will be waiting for Godot if I expect this majority to take that up. We can look to the future, or we can continue to reject the future and pander to the past.

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