[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         OPPOSING ENERGY BILLS

  (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, I rise in opposition to all three of the 
anti-American energy dominance bills on the floor this week. I am most 
concerned by H.R. 205, which bans energy development in parts of the 
Gulf of Mexico.
  I do not rise as just another oil-and-gas Texan. I have unique 
insights, because, unlike most of the bill's supporters, I started my 
naval career, 9 years, at the cradle of naval aviation, NAS Pensacola, 
Florida, the home port of the Blue Angels.
  I have flown over every ocean on Earth. I patrolled for Russian 
nuclear missile submarines to protect our Nation from nuclear war.
  A blanket ban on this entire region hurts our national security. This 
bill is a hatchet, and we need a precise scalpel. I urge my colleagues 
to vote against the rule and against all three bills, especially H.R. 
205.

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