And autos are not the only product that could be made more energy efficient if we just put in place sensible requirements. This is also true of many appliances and even of entire buildings.

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Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going...

Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going...

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived;...

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived;...

First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling...

First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling...

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as...

We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as...

Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and...

Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and...

The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for...

The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for...

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That...

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That...

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures...

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures...

The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it...

The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it...

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action...

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action...

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and...

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and...

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and...

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and...

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21...

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21...

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that...

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that...

Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that...

Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that...

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S....

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S....