PRINTER'S NO. 4448
No. 826 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY WRIGHT, ARGALL, BEBKO-JONES, CRAHALLA, GEORGE,
GOOD, GOODMAN, JAMES, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, PAYNE, READSHAW,
RUBLEY, SANTONI, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, SURRA, WHEATLEY,
REICHLEY, CRUZ, BASTIAN, SAINATO, BEYER, MARSICO, WATSON,
SOLOBAY, SAYLOR, TIGUE, CALTAGIRONE AND FAIRCHILD,
JUNE 30, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JUNE 30, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and Congress of the United States to
2 examine the current status of the nation's dependency on
3 foreign oil to determine what the Federal Government can do
4 to alleviate the escalating prices of fuel and to develop and
5 implement a long-term energy strategy that decreases the
6 nation's dependency on foreign oil and increases the
7 utilization of natural or alternative fuel sources.
8 WHEREAS, The United States consumes more than 20 million
9 barrels of oil per day, making it the leading oil-consuming
10 country in the world; and
11 WHEREAS, Previous administrations resolved to decrease the
12 United States' dependence upon foreign oil by promoting energy
13 conservation and efficiency and developing new, domestic energy
14 sources; and
15 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recognizes the
16 importance of fuel diversity and utilizing indigenous fuel
17 sources; and
18 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is dedicated to
1 reducing dependency on foreign energy sources; and
2 WHEREAS, Oil is used as a major heating source for more than
3 one million homes in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and
4 WHEREAS, Motorists in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are
5 paying 78 cents a gallon more for regular, unleaded gasoline
6 than they did a year ago; and
7 WHEREAS, The United States Department of Energy has forecast
8 that consumers will pay an average of $2.76 a gallon for
9 gasoline this summer, 39 cents more than last year; and
10 WHEREAS, The price of crude oil hit a record high of $75.17 a
11 barrel for April 2006; and
12 WHEREAS, Domestic alternative fuels and renewable energies
13 are a viable option for generating American-made fuels and
14 power; and
15 WHEREAS, Our dependence on foreign oil greatly affects our
16 national security and foreign policy; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
18 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the President and
19 Congress of the United States to examine the nation's dependency
20 on foreign oil to determine what the Federal Government can do
21 to alleviate the escalating prices of fuel and to develop and
22 implement a long-term energy strategy that decreases the
23 nation's dependency on oil and increases the utilization of
24 natural or alternative fuel sources; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
26 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
27 each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
28 Pennsylvania.
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