[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7334]
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CONGRESS MUST NOT ADJOURN BEFORE VOTING ON MORE ACCESS TO AMERICAN OIL 
                                RESERVES

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, the American people deserve more access to 
American oil. And now that the President has lifted the ban on offshore 
drilling, Congress must not adjourn until the American people get a 
vote on more domestic drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf.
  In a day when some in this body say it is their duty to ``save the 
planet,'' I prefer the words of Daniel Webster that are chiseled on the 
wall behind me. He said a century ago, ``Let us develop the resources 
of our land, call forth its powers.'' And so I add to my colleagues, 
let us develop the resources of our land. Let us give the American 
people more access to American oil.
  Americans won't get a vacation from high gas prices, so Congress 
should not take a vacation until we vote to lessen our dependence on 
foreign oil.
  Madam Speaker, do not adjourn this Congress until we give the 
bipartisan, pro-drilling majority a vote on more access to our oil 
reserves.

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