 Number one, it will break our addiction to Middle Eastern oil. We 
know that the energy bill that passed the House, a sordid affair that 
gave 94 percent of $8 billion, 94 percent of the bill that this Chamber 
passed, I voted against, 94 percent of the $8 billion of taxpayer money 
went as a direct subsidy to the oil and gas industry, to the most 
profitable industry in America, to an industry that is getting over $60 
a barrel for fuel.
  Hooking our wagon to the oil and gas industry to try to drill our 