{E4741} SPEECH OF

    E4741 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.