[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H8151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WE MUST SOLVE THIS ENERGY CRISIS

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, America faces an energy crisis that 
threatens the livelihood of the people we represent. Every day they get 
up to go to work, many people wonder whether or not they can afford the 
gas for their tanks. And to compound it, the high cost of energy is 
destroying manufacturing jobs in our country. My largest city is at 11 
percent unemployment. Many manufacturing facilities have been hit 
because of the high cost of energy; they simply cannot compete.
  Today, we debate an energy bill that further compounds the problem. 
Last night, the Democrats filed a bill that gives the illusion of 
opening up our coast to drilling, but really continues to keep those 
areas closed, with no opportunity to debate it.
  Last May, I authored a 12-point gas relief plan that incorporates 
more domestic production of oil, conservation, and new fuel and vehicle 
technologies. Until these technologies come online, we have to increase 
our supply of oil to give us the relief that we need, to give us the 
time that we need.
  We have enough oil now in order to fuel 60 million cars for 60 years. 
Does that mean that we use it all up? Of course we don't. We simply 
need this as an opportunity for breathing time until we can develop 
these new technologies.
  The time had come to put partisanship aside and solve this issue on 
behalf of the American people.

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