[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H8147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION

  (Ms. FALLIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FALLIN. Mr. Speaker, my, my, my, what a difference one night can 
make. Last night we were in session until about 7:15. There was no 
energy bill. All of a sudden, we wake up this morning and we have an 
energy bill, but it's an energy bill that even the majority of, well, I 
would say even the conservative Blue Dog Democrats have not seen, much 
less even the Republicans in the House. And so why do we have this 
today happening?
  It's because there are people in this body who do not want to produce 
energy for America. We're playing games with American energy 
production. We're hurting the American economy. We're hurting the 
pocketbooks of our American businesses. We're increasing our dependence 
on the foreign oil.
  All of the Americans right now are very concerned about our economy, 
they're concerned about our unstable financial institutions, they're 
concerned about home foreclosures, they're concerned about trade 
deficits, they're concerned about foreign countries who are coming in 
and buying American assets. They're concerned about the cost of 
gasoline, the cost of food, the cost of consumer goods.
  You know, families are struggling, businesses are struggling. But yet 
in this body, we have an energy bill that has been brought forth today 
that we have not seen, that we have not had time to debate, to look at. 
It's one of the most important issues facing our Nation.
  Producing an American energy bill that produces American energy is 
the course for the future of this Nation. It's a threat to America's 
national security, our economic security not to pass the energy bill.

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