#foreign oil

There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling. ↗

— Elizabeth Dole

#coastal #communities #dependence #doubt #drilling

The confusing thing, I thought, was that most of America already knew that we were overly reliant on oil, especially on foreign oil. But it was news that this administration had begun to at least acknowledge that problem. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#administration #already #america #begun #confusing

Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#foreign #foreign oil #forward #keep #moving

We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#alleviating #burden #commitment #comprehensive #conservation

With gas prices nationally, and especially in our area, increasingly on the rise, it is more crucial then ever that we take steps to diversify our energy sources and reduce our dependency on foreign oil. ↗

— Mary Bono

#crucial #dependency #diversify #energy #energy sources

This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#common #common sense #dependent #effort #foreign

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#different #different things #foreign #foreign oil #fuel

But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil. ↗

— Jim Costa

#conservation #country #cutting #developing #ethanol

We have seen what the dependence and addiction to foreign oil has done to us economically. ↗

— Ron Kind

#dependence #done #economically #foreign #foreign oil

I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care, that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

#affordable #affordable health care #care #country #create