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.
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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.
Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going to get worse. So we have to slow the growth of U.S. oil consumption, particularly imported oil consumption.
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.
We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign powers. To do that, we should increase domestic energy production.
Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat.
The problem is not the oil, but what they do with the oil. The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources.
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.
I believe America's chief strategic vulnerability is our dependence on imported petroleum.
We need to move away from oil, period.
One of our priorities should be to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
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