[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  OBAMA'S IRRESPONSIBLE ENERGY POLICY

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, we in Louisiana had to suffer through the 
BP spill, which is bad enough, but look what the President has done to 
us since. First, he placed a moratorium on offshore drilling, killing 
thousands of Louisiana jobs. Then the President was held in contempt of 
court for not issuing permits, and now we have two token permits 
created when gas prices are headed to $4 a gallon. On top of that we 
have a tax on coal, domestic oil, and hydrofracking, which is necessary 
for natural gas production. Finally, Secretary Chu told us higher 
prices may be a good thing.
  Perhaps we're discovering President Obama's real agenda, and that is 
deliberately constraining fossil fuel production to make prices go 
higher so alternative energy sources, which aren't really cutting it in 
the marketplace, will appear more competitive.

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