[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 45 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               BOOST OUR ENERGY SUPPLY BEFORE TAPPING SPR

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it seems the administration may open 
up the emergency strategic petroleum reserves under the economic theory 
that more supply will lower the price of oil and gasoline.
  If the President's theory of supply is correct, then why not allow 
more oil shale leasing in the West? Why not say yes to more oil and gas 
lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico? Why not say yes to the Keystone 
pipeline? Why not remove the slow permitting processes?
  If it wasn't for more oil production on nongovernment lands, the 
situation of supply would be even worse.
  The administration wants to save us from the high cost of gasoline by 
increasing supply. I agree. So I've introduced legislation that would 
require the administration to do all of the above before it can tap 
into the SPR.
  Let's increase our energy supply and give Americans some relief at 
the pump. We don't need a temporary fix in supply. We need a long-term 
energy supply solution.
  And that's just the way it is.

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