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  • Our energy future is choice, not fate. Oil dependence is a problem we need no longer have-and it's cheaper not to. U.S. oil dependence can be eliminated by proven and attractive technologies that create wealth, enhance choice, and strengthen common security. -- Amory Lovins
  • Asia is rising economically - and is thirsty for oil. The price pressures on oil and oil price shocks, due to Asia's economic rise, mean that all steps made now to reduce oil dependence will protect us from pain and volatility later. -- Van Jones
  • One of our priorities should be to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. -- Tim Holden
  • We have seen what the dependence and addiction to foreign oil has done to us economically. -- Ron Kind
  • India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil. -- Hillary Clinton
  • By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. -- Tim Johnson
  • We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love. -- Heather Wilson
  • Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries. -- Dan Lipinski
  • Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation. -- Sherwood Boehlert
  • The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of national security. -- Kenny Marchant
  • As the cost of gasoline rises and our dependence on foreign oil continues to increase, the effect of sending over $100 billion each year to OPEC nations hurts every American. -- Paul Gillmor
  • It is important that the United States move with all deliberate speed to develop and get into usage alternative fuels that will allow us to end our dependence on foreign oil. -- Virgil Goode
  • People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry. -- John Shimkus
  • But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nation's economic viability. -- Jim Clyburn
  • 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
  • Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs. -- John Thune
  • Climate change and dependence on foreign oil are problems that won't go away on their own. Tabling plans to deal with them doesn't make it easier for companies to plan and invest; it makes it harder. -- Christina Romer
  • By reducing our dependence of foreign oil and increasing alternative energy sources such as ethanol, we can begin to bring down prices at the pumps, create thousands of new jobs and bring a much needed boost to our economy. -- Jim Ryun
  • The provisions contained in this plan will ensure that the United States has the infrastructure necessary to meet energy needs through future decades, easing dependence on unpredictable foreign oil markets, and creating thousands of new jobs for American workers. -- Ron Lewis
  • If the United States is to protect itself from the economic and the political threats created by this excessive dependence, we must reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources and on foreign oil as quickly and as efficiently as possible. -- John Shadegg
  • We must shift the energy policy debate in America with an increased focus on alternative and renewable fuels and Congress must pass meaningful alternative fuels and incentive programs to help move the U.S. away from dependence on foreign oil. -- Rick Renzi
  • With regard to electric vehicles, I am all for them because most of the incremental electricity needed to run those vehicles will come from gas-fired electric generation. However, I do not believe it is wise for America to substitute dependence on foreign oil for dependence on Chinese batteries. -- Aubrey McClendon
  • American dependence on oil has only gone up as we've gone through various crises and not invested in R&D. -- Bill Gates
  • Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence on crude oil. -- Kenneth S. Deffeyes
  • We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy that generates jobs and strengthens our security. -- Barack Obama
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