[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 22416-22417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MEETING AMERICA'S ENERGY NEEDS

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, somebody once said when talking about 
government, no matter how cynical you get, it is never enough to catch 
up.

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  Mr. Speaker, we have been hearing for so long the Republicans should 
do something about bringing down gas prices. Well, we have an energy 
bill, and we are going to have another one. I have heard a lot of talk 
now that we are actually going to talk about the ability to have 
additional refineries, gee, we do not need them now it turns out.
  Yes, we do need them. We have not built one in 30 years. Even though 
some have pushed their capacity up a little bit, it is time to allow 
for a new refinery in the United States. We are becoming far too 
reliant on foreign gasoline, and that continues to grow. It is time to 
do something, and we are going to have a chance to do that. It is time 
to put up or shut up.
  Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we will find out who really wants to help 
Americans pay less for gasoline, and we will find out who wants to keep 
sticking them with higher prices.

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