Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)

Congressman Bartlett (R-MD), co-Chairman of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Caucus and a member of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Committee on Science and Technology:

"OPEC would benefit from ongoing failure by lawmakers to act."

"America’s national security and our economy would improve if we enact laws in 2010 that will reduce the dependence of U.S. transportation upon oil. Doing so would also reduce transportation’s carbon footprint."

"Electrification of transportation could displace oil, diversify energy inputs and reduce GHG. Fleet purchases by the federal government would jumpstart and leverage industry development. H.R. 4399, The American Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Act, introduced by Reps. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb.) would authorize replacement of the U.S. Postal Service’s aging fleet of long-life vehicles with electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles and recharging vehicle-to-grid infrastructure. Stop-and-go deliveries in non-attainment areas with plug-in hybrids would maximize reductions in fuel use and pollution. Whatever happens to legislative bills in the bushes, Congress should approve these bipartisan bills at hand."