[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12705]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      DOMESTIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, as we head into the 4th of July holiday, 
millions of Americans will feel the pinch of high gasoline prices as 
they travel to see family and friends. We are watching gas prices climb 
higher and higher, and it has become readily apparent that America is 
too dependent on foreign crude oil.
  Earlier this year, the House passed legislation to allow drilling in 
a tiny portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of this frozen 
tundra of Alaska's north slope. Despite the fact that oil from ANWR 
could supply my State of Georgia's energy needs for 54 years and that 
drilling would be conducted under the strictest environmental 
standards, many Democrats still oppose this legislation.
  This week, we have another chance to support domestic energy 
production when we vote on legislation to use America's massive energy 
resources in the deep seas on the Outer Continental Shelf. The 
bipartisan legislation is one way we can start weaning America off our 
foreign oil dependency.
  Madam Speaker, the American people are tired of paying high prices at 
the pump. They demand action, and this Republican majority is 
delivering. I ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me 
in supporting the development of domestic energy sources.

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