Remarks by the President on American Energy -- Lemont, Illinois
By:  Barack Obama II Date: March 15, 2013 Location: Lemont, IL
It's not every day that I get to walk into a thermal test
chamber. (Laughter.) I told my girls that I was going to go into
a thermal test chamber and they were pretty excited. I told them
I'd come out looking like the Hulk. (Laughter.) They didn't
believe that.  I want to thank my friend and your friend -- a
truly great U.S. Senator, Senator Dick Durbin -- huge supporter
of Argonne. (Applause.) An outstanding member of Congress who
actually could explain some of the stuff that's going on here --
Bill Foster is here. (Applause.) Congressman Bobby Rush, a big
supporter of Argonne -- glad he's here. (Applause.) We've got a
number of state and local officials with us, including your
Mayor, Brian Reaves. (Applause.)      After years of talking
about it, we're finally poised to take control of our energy
future. We produce more oil than we have in 15 years. We import
less oil than we ha