[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DEMOCRATS CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, you know, as we are talking about 
energy, and as we are talking about fuel prices today, it is quite 
amazing to watch selective memory and revisionist history take place 
within this Chamber. To my liberal colleagues I would simply say: you 
cannot have it both ways.
  And I hope we are learning a lesson from what we are hearing in this 
Chamber and from what we are seeing in the papers. Thirty years of 
environmental extremist policies on energy consumption in this Nation 
leads to the situation that we have today. For 30 years we have not 
been able to build new refineries because of environmental regulations. 
For 30 years we have not been funding exploration and development of 
new sources. Couple that with what has happened with Katrina and Rita, 
and, yes, we have a painful situation with energy prices.
  Let us learn the lesson. Let us come together and let us be certain 
that we are thoughtful and that we realize our Nation depends on an 
energy source that is going to be consistent and supply lines that are 
going to be open.

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