[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H8150]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   THE SPEAKER HOLDS THE KEY IN HER HAND TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF 
                                AMERICA

  (Mr. SULLIVAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, when I was coming to the House after the 
August vacation, where we did nothing on energy policy, I was walking 
through the airport, and many people were patting me on the back, said 
get down there, get that energy bill done, it's hurting us, we need 
something done.
  And they said they couldn't believe that the Speaker, Nancy Pelosi 
from San Francisco, would not allow us a vote on this. One guy said, I 
can't believe she's that powerful that she is single-handedly holding 
this up when the majority of the American people want to see this done 
and done now and get a comprehensive, all-of-the-above strategy.
  She does have that power, and she's exercising her power. She has the 
key. She holds the key in her hand to unlock the potential of America, 
to unlock oil and gas reserves in this country that would last for 160 
years that we can get right here in our own backyard. And while we're 
doing that, we can develop technologies like wind, solar, nuclear, 
hydro, biomass, all other technologies in an environmentally sound way, 
and we need to do it now.
  Instead, we're getting a bill that's full of tax increases and 
drilling less in America, and this is the biggest hoax perpetrated on 
the American people that I've seen since I've been in Congress.
  And on her Web site, she says a bill should generally come to the 
floor under procedures that allow full and open debate. Members should 
have 24 hours to examine bills and conference reports before they come 
to the floor. But she's not doing it.

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