Abstract: . . .  sufficient. It would be folly for us in Congress to talk about breaking our addiction to foreign oil and, at the same time, pass laws that stymie our own production of clean and renewable energies here at home. We can’t have it both ways.” Senator Bingaman: “I oppose attempts to include anti-renewable energy provisions in the Coast Guard conference report. (…) A regulatory review of the Cape Wind project is underway. To invent a new regulatory process designed simply to deliver a negative result would chill future . . .
. . .  deliver a negative result would chill future investment in renewable energy. We need more energy sources like wind to moderate the high prices that Americans are paying for electricity, natural gas and home heating oil. Furthermore, if a specialinterest provision to veto a single project by earmark in a conference report succeeded, it would make a mockery not only of all the statements in Congress about the need to strengthen America's domestic energy security, but also our statements advocating lobbying . . .
. . .  needs. • • • • • Two of the Senate’s Leading Voices on Energy Have Spoken Against Efforts to Kill Renewable Energy Projects: Senate Energy Committee Chairman Pete V. Domenici and Ranking Member Jeff Bingaman have both spoken out against this attempt to block this offshore energy project. • Senator Domenici: I urge conferees to resist any attempt to include provisions in the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act that run contrary to the intent of the energy bill. I certainly urge them not to act contrary to our . . .
. . .  • • • Two of the Senate’s Leading Voices on Energy Have Spoken Against Efforts to Kill Renewable Energy Projects: Senate Energy Committee Chairman Pete V. Domenici and Ranking Member Jeff Bingaman have both spoken out against this attempt to block this offshore energy project. • Senator Domenici: I urge conferees to resist any attempt to include provisions in the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act that run contrary to the intent of the energy bill. I certainly urge them not to act contrary to our nation’s . . .
. . .  Coast Guard conference report. (…) A regulatory review of the Cape Wind project is underway. To invent a new regulatory process designed simply to deliver a negative result would chill future investment in renewable energy. We need more energy sources like wind to moderate the high prices that Americans are paying for electricity, natural gas and home heating oil. Furthermore, if a specialinterest provision to veto a single project by earmark in a conference report succeeded, it would make a mockery not only . . .
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