[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H8138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            DEMOCRATS' BOGUS ENERGY BILL PUNISHES OUR NATION

  (Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, energy is the number one 
strategic issue facing this Nation. Has the Democratic Congress done 
anything credible to address it? No. In fact, when they do, they drop a 
bogus bill in the watches of the night and expect everybody to swallow 
it.
  Their bill still blocks over 80 percent of offshore drilling and has 
no credible alternatives that are proven, like coal to liquid, oil 
shale, tar sands or nuclear. This bill is bad for Kentucky. The 
Democratic leadership has totally misled the American people with this 
bogus bill.
  I rise in opposition. This bill punishes the elderly, working 
families, our schools and all industry in this country. This bogus 
measure punishes the heartland of America that grows the food, produces 
the goods and creates the energy that this Nation runs on.
  I call on all Kentuckians and all Americans to stand up and call this 
Democratic-led Congress what it is, useless. Vote ``no'' on their bill. 
And Mr. Speaker, give us a vote on a bill that matters, that will 
change the American people and that will help us build a future: The 
American Energy Act introduced by Republicans in this Congress.

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