[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 141 (Monday, September 8, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     LET'S VOTE ON AMERICAN ENERGY

  (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, last week I was here and other 
Republicans were here. The week before I was here. Republicans have 
been coming to this floor every single day since we voted to adjourn 
back in July. We've been here working for the American people to try to 
find commonsense solutions to our energy crisis.
  We hear from the other side that they want to support the poor and 
the elderly. That's hogwash. The poor and the elderly are suffering 
more from energy prices than anything else. People can't afford to go 
to the doctor or drive to take their kids to school. School buses can't 
take kids to school.
  We've been coming here every single day working to try to do 
something for the American public, but the Democrats went on vacation. 
They haven't continued to work like the Republicans have. We've got to 
find solutions to our energy crisis that makes sense economically, 
makes sense environmentally, and that's exactly what the American 
Energy Act will do.
  So I call upon my Democratic colleagues, let's have an up or down 
vote on American energy so that we can make sense for the poor, the 
working class, everybody in America.

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