[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 11, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H5220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SUPPORT THE NO MORE EXCUSES ENERGY ACT

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, on Monday the Investor's Business Daily 
printed an editorial entitled ``The Drill Nothing Congress.'' Here is a 
short quote from it.
  ``It is a problem driven by domestic supply restrictions imposed by 
the Democratic Congress in the face of growing worldwide demand. The 
Democrats preach energy independence while they do everything in their 
power to prevent it.'' The problem they are speaking of is $4 a gallon 
gasoline.
  The American people are fed up with a Congress that can't seem to 
respond to one of their most basic concerns. People are tired of 
Democrat leaders blocking action to bring down skyrocketing gas prices. 
So we have introduced a discharge petition to force a vote on the No 
More Excuses Energy Act. We need to increase domestic production of 
energy in order to bring down the price of gas at the pump.
  I urge all my colleagues to sign on to the discharge petition and 
support the bill when it comes to the floor of the House. There is no 
excuse not to.

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