[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRESS NEEDS TO STOP LIMITING OPTIONS

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, today the average price of gas in the Ninth 
Congressional District of Pennsylvania is over $4 a gallon. It has had 
a dramatic impact on families and small businesses across my district 
and across Pennsylvania.
  The American people know that drilling isn't the only answer, which 
my colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to say, but they 
do know it is a huge part of the solution. They also know that it will 
have the greatest impact in the shortest period of time. It is a real 
solution.
  The American people also know that we can explore and drill in places 
like ANWR and off the coast of the United States. We can do it in 
environmentally safe ways and extract tremendous amounts of energy in 
those parts of the world.
  The American people also know that this Congress has done nothing, 
has done nothing to solve the problem at the pump, has done nothing to 
help this economy with solving our oil and energy crisis that we face 
today. This Congress needs to act. We need to stop talking and limiting 
our options available to us. The American people are crying out for us 
to solve their problem and help them and help this economy grow.

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