29692 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 25, 1979 designation of the project as a Priority En­ By Mr. HUCKABY: tlca.ble and co.nsistent with the provisions ergy Project and". (To H.R. 4985 on page 41, line 19, and also of this pa.rt, such different schedule shall -Page 34, strike line 20 down through line to the amendment in the nature of a sub­ not result in a. total time for the Federal, 2 on page 35 and insert 1.n lieu thereof the stitute (H.R. 5660) on page 20, line 15.) State, or local agency action to which such following: -After the period, insert "The objective of schedule applies which exceeds 12 months "(2) Any other action by the Boa.rd relat­ the Board in determining any different from the date on which application ls made for such Federal, State, or local agency ac­ ing to ian energy project." schedule under this paragraph shall be to tion by a. person acting on behalf of the Page 35, strike lines 9 through 11. provide that, to the maximum extent prac- Priority Energy Project." EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WINDFALL PROFIT TAX: PATH TO It ls costing us in inflation. But while buses may mean transit to most A NEW ERA OF CONSERVATION It ls costing us jobs. of America, unfortunately buses apparently It ls costing us in the value of the dollar don't mean much to American industry. Cur­ and the balance of payments. rently, there is only the equivalent of one HON. ROBERT W. EDGAR It may cost us our freedom. And this is the and a half companies producing buses in OF PENNSYLVANIA most basic issue. Just la.st week, Shlek this country. And the one major firm 1s Ya.ma.nl's wllllngness to dictate what Ameri­ opera.ting a.t only one-ha.If of its capacity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES can energy policy must be demonstrated Consequently, a.t the very time that we Wednesday, October 24, 1979 a.gs.in the leverage we have given OPEC over need increased competition in equipment our foreign and domestic affairs. manufacture, increased ca.pa.city to produce •Mr. EDGAR. Mr. Speaker, in an ad­ We must come to our own terms with the new vehicles, increased speed in delivery and dress delivered on Monday before the energy crisis and the President's program increased standardization for bus produc­ Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coali­ is our vehicle. tion, we face instead a. bus procurement bot­ tion, Secretary of Transportation Neil It unleashes this Nation's vast productive tleneck. Goldschmidt argued eloquently for the ca.pa.city to create alternative forms of en­ To break this bottleneck, I have advanced ergy-synfuels, geothermal, and solar. enactment of a windfall profit tax. This the concept of a. 1,000 vehicle Federal otra­ And it commits us to a. major program of tegic bus reserve. The concept proposes that tax, Goldschmidt staited, can be a path energy conservation-the most cost-effective to a new era. We must move away from we change our current cumbersome pro­ investment we oan make-including the curement process for an emergency purchase an era of cheaip energy and an era of pledge of $16.5 b1llion for transportation authority. We would allow the urban mass throw-away cities to a new era of con­ programs that will make our use of the auto transportation a.dmlnlstra.tlon to order di­ servation. more efficient, make transit more a.ttra..ctlve, rectly 1,000 buses up front, and then to Secretary Goldschmidt's speech re­ conserve energy and promote urban revital­ deliver the vehicles to transit properties veals a profound understanding of the ization. around the country based on a. pre-arranged Transportation accounts for more than agreement. relationship between transportation, en­ one-half of our total petroleum use; and ergy, and the environment. To those who the private a.utomoblle accounts for more If this idea. were to go forward, it could wonder what to expect from the Trans­ than one-third of our total petroleum use. stimulate competition perhaps to the extent portation Department under Neil Gold­ Clearly, then, a. remedy for our energy ms of luring some new manufacturers into-­ schmidt, I urge you to read his remarks. must include both undertaking new initia­ the business-it could drive down the tives for public transit and getting a. h.a.ndle unit price of vehicles, reduce the delivery The remarks follow: time for new buses-which currently aver­ REMARKS BY NEIL 0oLDSCHMIDT on our auto habit. The two a.re inextricably related and connected, and must be ap­ ages 18 months-and even a.chive some uni­ America's agenda. and America's transpor­ proached a.s such. formity 1n bus design in transit properties tation agenda. cannot be separated. Indeed, The auto component of the President's a.round the country-thereby further re­ history teaches us that our Nation's overall program represents a. commitment of $2.5 ducing maintenance costs. domestic program has in large measure been bllllon over 10 yea.rs, focusing primarily on At the moment, this is only a.n idea and defined by our transportation program. dbta.inlng greater efficiency in the use of the in its seminal stage. We have initiated dis­ We need look no further back than the last auto. Right now, the average auto occupancy cussions with the transit industry, the bus 30 years to find the evidence of that lesson. ls 1.3 passengers. Just for the routine home manufacturing companies, Members of Con­ Over the last three decades, the growth and to work commute trip, Americans use 1.8 gress and other interested parties to see development of our Nation and the growth milUon barrels of gasoline ea.ch d.a.y. And whether there may be other ways to solve and development of our national transpor­ roughly 1.4 m1llion of those barrels are the bus procurement problem and to develop tation system have been indistinguishable. burned by commuters driving beck and forth further the idea. of a.. strategic bus reserve. Both ha.ve been based on the automobile ea.ch day alone. One way or another, we must solve this prob­ and premised on the ava1lab111ty of an un­ Just doubling the number of commuters lem if we are to achieve the potential for bus limited supply of cheap and abundant oil. using carpools and va..npools will save 200,000 ridership that is in the communities a.round With the skills of American technology and barrels of oil per day. Additions.I energy sav­ the country. a self-replenishing supply of funds from the ings wm come from Federal a.id highway The three other major elements of the gas tax, we built a superb personal trans­ projects which encourage energy efficiency President's program include $5.7 bllllon in portation system and created an American in the operation of the e.uto--such a.s im­ new money for ra.11 modernization and ex­ life-style. provements that a.id traffic flow-from en­ tensions-adding 200 new ra.11 ca.rs per year But today, we face a. new era and a new set forcement of the energy and life-saving 55 and the ca.pa.city for a.n additional 4 mlllion passengers per da.y-$900 million for acceler­ of assumptions a.bout the future. mile per hour speed limit, from invest~ents Today we are at the end of two eras­ in energy-conserving auto technology and ated completion of new ran systems-adding the era of cheap energy and the era. of throw­ from basic auto research. ca.pa.city for 500,000 passengers per day one s.way cities-and the beginning of a new year earlier than scheduled-and $800,000 era-the era.. of conservation. By far the most ambitious element of the million for accelerated completion of inter­ President's initiative is the $13 b1llion pu'blic Once again, America is a. nation in transi­ state withdrawal projects-adding 900,000 transportation investment progra.m. This passengers per day. tion, seeking new guiding definitions which program will increase the overall transit keep fa.1th with old and deeply held values. ca.pa.city of the country by up to 50 per­ The total imps.ct of this program on our Once again, I believe, transportation can cent--the equivalent of an additional 15 nation's transit ca.pa.city will be substantial. lead us in our self-definition; for transporta­ mllllon passengers per day. In this pa.st decade, we spent a. total of $15 tion is a.n integrating thread, weaving to­ billion in support of transit's capita.I needs. First, this program means buses. The Pres­ Between 1972 and 1978, transit ridership gether mob111ty, energy conservation, eco­ ident's program ca.Us for $5.6 bllllon in new nomic development, and environmental qual­ grew by 16 percent--from 6.5 bllUon pas­ money for ·buses. Placing an additional 3,000 sengers in 1972 to 7.6 b1llion in 1978--and a ity into a new mantle in which to clothe the buses per year in service. In more than 90 long-standing American dream. full 4 percent of that growth took place dur­ percent of American communities, from the ing 1978. The pa.th to this new era begins, for me, small towns of the Northeast to the largest In the coming decade, the President ts pro­ with the President's energy program and the cities of the Midwest, mass transit means posing a.