Even if the plan to electrify the U.S. auto fleet is achieved, it will be many years before our national use of 20 million barrels a day is meaningfully reduced.
"The spill likely occurred sometime the daybefore Enbridge reported it to the National Response Center, " said Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minnesota, chair of the committee.
For his part, Mr Obama rolled up his sleeves and donned gloves to spend Saturday sprucing up a school with other volunteers, as part of a NationalDay of Service kicking off the inauguration ceremonies - similar to the way he spent the daybefore his first presidential inauguration in 2009.