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The Nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems.

It is time for a New Direction for our nation's energy policies.

We need to forge a whole new energy and American Dream.

Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now.

Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.

Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs.

The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.

Unfortunately, some in Washington remain tied to the dogma that responsible energy development cannot be achieved without taking a wrecking ball to the environment.

We must develop energy independence; we must Make It In America.

With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001, we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into American ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology, rather than playing catch-up to the Japanese, Danish, and Germans.