i thank the gentleman from iowa for spending some time with us . 
he is exactly right , madam speaker . 
this is a homeland security and an economic security issue . 
we realize that . 
competitiveness is important . 
we know , just as the gentleman said , we are meeting today 's needs . 
we can not not address the needs of today . 
that does require us to address oil and gas . 
at the same time we have to build that bridge to the future . 
this bill does that and does put the focus on biodiesel , biomass , ethanol , wind , hydropower , hybrid cars , hydrogen fuel cells , solar power , and all of those alternative and renewable energy sources so that we will have a goal of reducing that dependence on foreign oil . 
madam speaker , i yield to the gentleman from texas ( mr. gohmert ) xz4006510 who is going to talk with us about the economic issues that affect his district in texas . 
