[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ECONOMY AND JOBS--MORATORIUM

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, as Americans ask, Where are the jobs, we see 
the job creation of one family at risk thanks to the President's ill-
conceived offshore drilling moratorium.
  Sunbelt Machine Works Corporation was founded 32 years ago by Frank 
and Mary Scantlin. While Frank ran the shop, Mary served as secretary 
and a truckdriver to help out. Their children grew up sweeping the 
floors and learning the business, working their way up in a company 
that today employs 70 people in the district that I represent.
  The President's moratorium will cause Sunbelt to lay off people soon 
if production doesn't restart quickly. Jobs have already headed 
overseas, as two rigs have left the gulf. The CEO of one of those rigs' 
owners apologized for the ``loss of U.S. jobs'' because of the 
moratorium.
  Mr. Speaker, we must lift this job-killing moratorium now. Americans 
are tired of asking, Where are the jobs?

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