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To: SiouxPal who wrote (2321)	10/1/2005 7:44:47 PM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 24243

WASHINGTON Oct 1, 2005 — The Bush administration is not doing enough to push for energy conservation as fuel costs skyrocket since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state said Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address. "Conservation must be more than a convenient slogan," Cantwell said. "Recently, the administration has rejected conservation attempts like more accurate fuel mileage for cars and bipartisan proposals for reducing our dependence on foreign oil by a million barrels a day." Cantwell, who will be seeking her second term next year, said Democrats want new laws to protect consumers from price-gouging and encourage investment in lightweight materials and alternative fuels. Rising fuel prices are costing people their jobs, pensions and their businesses, she said. Farmers are having a hard time breaking even, and school districts are being forced to choose between hiring new teachers and covering higher energy bills, she added. "These are the terrible consequences of our overdependence on fossil fuel," Cantwell said. "The natural disasters of Katrina and Rita have showed us firsthand how truly vulnerable we are."