[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           GIVE ARKANSAS WHAT THEY DESERVE: A VOTE ON ENERGY

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, frustration is mounting in the Third 
District of Arkansas because of the high cost of gasoline. This stack 
of e-mails which I have with me is just a small portion of the comments 
my constituents have sent me. And several of them have offered their 
own ideas of what needs to be done to resolve this energy dilemma and 
help increase the American energy supply and provide relief at the 
pump.
  The ideas they've proposed are ones we've heard before: We need to 
increase our production of American energy in a clean, efficient way 
through wind, solar and hydrogen, as well as tapping into the vast 
majority of natural resources we have available.
  I agree with my constituents that we need to use an ``all of the 
above'' energy strategy. That's why I cosponsored the American Energy 
Act. This encompasses the ideas many of my constituents have been 
writing me about, increasing our American-made energy supply in an 
environmentally friendly way, encouraging energy conservation, and 
promoting renewable and alternative energy technology. We need to act.

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