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Congressional Records - July 22, 1977

Following is the July 22, 1977 Congressional Record. The text below is compiled from the Office of Surface Mining's COALEX data base, not an original printed document, and the reader is advised that coding or typographical errors could be present.

123 CONG.REC. E4741
July 22, 1977

{E4741} SPEECH OF HON. STEVEN D. SYMMS OF IDAHO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

E4741 Thursday, July 21, 1977

E4741 Mr. SYMMS. Mr. Speaker, I would only say that we know of the proverbial bad day at Black Rock. This era in our history will probably be remembered as a bad day for Black Rock. It s amazing and incredible to me and to many people that for those who have access to as much technology as we have, we have an administration that says it would like to help the American people solve the energy crisis, so its solution is that we will not use the technology we have in nuclear power. The Secretary of the Interior is trying to interfere with offshore oil leases. The administration refuses to deregulate the price of oil and natural gas.The solution is to ration gasoline, which leaves a lower standard of living for all.

E4741 Now, when it comes to coal, that is going to be the big lifesaver. We are going to burn coal. We are going to make it harder to mine it. We will have much more redtape and much more cost. As the gentleman from Maryland pointed out, it is going to cause the consumers to pay a higher cost for every piece of coal they burn.

{E4742} It is incredible to me. And I know that the little green men in the army of the environmentalists feel that they have scored a significant victory today. I only hope they are as happy when they are freezing to death in the
dark as they are today.

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