[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 30, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    GOVERNMENT ENERGY PLAN: MORE AIR

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, recently I met with some people in 
Texas in the trucking industry. We discussed the administration's 
domestic energy policy--how the administration is against using more 
American coal; how the administration is against drilling in ANWR; how 
the administration is stonewalling the drilling on Federal lands; how 
the administration has delayed offshore-drilling permits; and how the 
administration uses the EPA to block domestic energy production.
  Since the administration is against so much, what is it in favor of? 
Then Dalton handed me this--yes, a tire gauge--and reminded me that the 
President touted his energy plan when he said this: We could save all 
the oil they are talking about getting off drilling if everybody would 
just inflate their tires and get tune-ups.
  Really? That's it, more air in our tires? Now, you know, Mr. Speaker, 
more hot air will save us all. Now there's an energy plan we can all be 
proud of.
  And that's just the way it is.

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