[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11890]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     TIME TO STOP POINTING FINGERS

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, in the past few weeks Governor Gray Davis has 
turned up the rhetorical heat while Californians have turned out their 
lights because of rolling blackouts expected to plague the State all 
summer long.
  The Governor has left no stone unturned in his campaign to point 
fingers in any direction. He has blamed the Federal Government. He has 
blamed electric utilities. He has blamed energy companies. He has even 
blamed President Bush. My God. He is the Energizer bunny of bankrupt 
ideas.
  President Bush recognizes that America faces serious energy 
shortages, so his administration is putting forward a comprehensive 
plan to protect consumers from fluctuating fuel costs using 21st-
century technology to diversify our clean and affordable energy 
sources.
  But what does Gray Davis do? He hires spin doctors at $30,000 a month 
paid for by the taxpayers to explain why his State is suffering. I am 
sure Governor Davis realizes this is an inappropriate use of tax 
dollars, considering he is sitting on $26 million in campaign cash.
  This reminds me of another disaster, Mr. Governor, the Exxon Valdez. 
That is your administration.

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