From the Office of Senator Kerry

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Kerry released the following statement today on the new report by the independent, bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy. The report is titled “Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges.”

“The report shows great promise for how we can meet some of America's energy challenges. It certainly draws a stark contrast with the Bush administration’s resistance to sound science, their secret meetings with lobbyists and their head-in-the sand energy plans that have made Washington the enemy of reform. This should be another wakeup call that our dependence on Middle East oil endangers our security, that we can create good American jobs by investing in clean energy, and that today’s misguided course is damaging the environment beyond repair.”

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