Issue Position: Energy Independence

Issue Position

Right now, our economy is held hostage by foreign nations who control our energy supply. Families in our district are finding it more difficult to afford energy to heat their homes and drive their cars. Some of the dollars we send to oil-producing states get used to attack us and our allies. And as we burn foreign oil, we continue to jeopardize the environmental health of our planet.

There is a better way, and one that plays to our strengths as Americans. Good old-fashioned American innovation around efficiency and clean energy alternatives is the best way to attack those prices and make our proud country independent of foreign oil sheikhs and dictators. With a serious investment in renewable energy, we will create new industries, thousands of new jobs, and new alternatives to sky-high oil and gas prices. Our corner of Connecticut is the ideal place to start that revolution. We have the capital, the know-how, and the need to solve the problem of dependence on expensive fossil fuels.

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