[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6832]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          THE FOUR-STEP DANCE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, in country line dancing there is a dance 
called the two-step. When it comes to energy policy, the Democrats have 
come up with their own dance, the four-step. Here is how it goes:
  First, Democrats do not acknowledge the supply component in the 
supply and demand principle of economics. When confronted with 
solutions to the supply problem, Democrats always vote ``no'' and drive 
up prices.
  Step two for Democrats is to scream about the evil of SUVs, even 
though they may be driven around in one.
  Step three for Democrats is to call for investigations, point 
fingers, call for investment in R&D that already exists, and say that 
if it weren't for those darn Republicans, we could get off oil 
tomorrow.
  Finally, step four for Democrats is repeating steps one, two and 
three until voters and the media stop paying attention.
  Mr. Speaker, if this sounds familiar, it should. Since President 
Clinton vetoed ANWR in 1995, Democrats have performed this dance when 
it comes to increasing our energy supply. But with gas reaching $3 a 
gallon, Democrats need to retire it and learn a new dance, but they 
should try to learn one that will actually increase our oil supply.

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