The high price of inaction

(snip) Sixteen years ago, as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I proposed a bill that provided for a 35 percent increase in automobile miles per gallon standards and for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Both provisions were supported by a majority of senators but failed by two votes to muster (snip) Had we relied on facts, evidence and experience, we would have passed that legislation and would now be enjoying an increase of up to 2 million barrels of oil a day, nearly 40 percent of current domestic production, and a standard of 37...

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