[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H1749-H1750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ENERGY SOLUTION NEEDED

  (Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

[[Page H1750]]

  Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I do not want to blame 
Republicans or Democrats for the price of gas. I think perhaps all of 
us have somewhat to share in it. We need to find a solution so we can 
become energy independent.
  I believe that the scientists, those people who live in our country 
who won a war, have the capability of creating a situation and doing 
the scientific research necessary to make us self-sufficient.
  But I do have a suggestion. I hear a lot from the other side about 
the environmental issues. We have passed several trade agreements in 
this country: GATT and the WTO that regulates environmental issues and 
labor issues and prohibits the employers in this country from even 
negotiating issues with those countries. So corporate America is 
leaving in an exodus from this country to build factories in Asia and 
other parts of the world. My suggestion to Big Oil is they use part of 
the $113 billion that they earned last year just to move south of Padre 
Island and south of San Diego and build refineries if that is what is 
causing all of our high gas prices. They can build them there without 
environmental issues, and certainly no labor issues would be involved. 
That is my answer.

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