[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   BIPARTISAN PROBLEM SOLVING NEEDED

  (Mr. SHAW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, I have to address the previous speaker 
regarding the price of energy and the shortage of energy that is 
claimed throughout the world. I think it is important that all of us 
realize that for the gentleman from Massachusetts, the candidate for 
President of the United States in the other party, to go and complain 
about fuel prices is like the kids that kill their parents and then 
claim that they are orphans and should be given special treatment. That 
is absolutely absurd.
  When the Senate blocked the energy bill, it blocked the 
administration's plan to have an energy bill, an energy bill for this 
country. It is time that we stop the rhetoric, we stop the bipartisan 
quibbling. Republicans and Democrats are paying too much for fuel. We 
need an energy policy in this country, and the first step was the 
energy bill that stalled over in the other body. It is time for us to 
work together to solve problems instead of just creating them.

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