We will have to consider legislation such as I am introducing today to deal with the selection of new powerplant sites and selection of the technology to be employed while giving proper consideration to protecting the environment. We must consider ways to create greater incentives for the discovery of new energy sources. And we must consider legislation dealing with the importation of petroleum which would remedy the inequities in the present quota system that discriminate against regions such as my native New England. I offer the Electric Power Supply and Environmental Protection Act as an approach to one aspect of our energy problem. and I ask for the support of my colleagues in this undertaking. I would like to include in the RECORD at this point some recent newspaper articles which relate to my concern and which.
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