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 …

- Sherwood Boehlert

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can…

- Sherwood Boehlert

First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling when we have not taken the first step, not the first step, to conserve…

- Sherwood Boehlert

So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requir…

- Sherwood Boehlert

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current…

- Sherwood Boehlert

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislati…

- Sherwood Boehlert

We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address…

- Sherwood Boehlert

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, pa…

- Sherwood Boehlert

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks.

- Sherwood Boehlert