Bush Presses Fuel Standards And Efficiency

(Washington, DC) -- President Bush said America's dependency on oil leaves the nation more vulnerable to dangerous regimes and terror attacks on its oil supply. He made the statements from the Rose Garden today as he addressed the issues of fuel standards and high gas prices. Bush spoke about the plan he laid out in his State of the Union speech that would reduce American gasoline usage by 20-percent over the next ten years. The plan will be introduced to Congress soon, and comes in two parts. The first will be to set a mandatory fuel standard. The second will be to continue efforts to increase fuel efficiency across the board. Bush said setting a mandatory fuel standard would include adding 35-billion gallons of alternative fuels by 2017.