i thank the gentleman for yielding me this time and for his great work on this bill . 
mr. chairman , this country needs to create a new energy landscape that begins shrinking our disproportionate reliance on foreign energy sources and begins building one that places american ingenuity , producers and consumers at the forefront . 
i want to highlight one provision and that is the provision that significantly strengthens the important leaking underground storage tank program . 
the bill increases state funding from the lust trust fund for states containing a larger number of tanks or whose leaking tanks present a greater threat to groundwater , it requires onsite inspections of underground storage tanks every 3 years , it institutes operator training requirements for tank owners and operators , and the legislation allows states to stop deliveries of fuel to noncompliant regulated tanks in order to achieve legal enforcement . 
these are all strong recommendations not only made by the general accounting office , but they have also been previously passed by the house . 
they are proenvironment , antipolluter provisions . 
i urge their support and the support of the bill . 
