[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13941]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    EXPRESSING PLEASURE THAT THE USE-IT-OR-LOSE-IT BILL DID NOT PASS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased that the Democrats' use-it-or-
lose-it bill did not pass this House this afternoon. We have been 
saying for weeks that this is a sham. Use-it-or-lose-it is already the 
law of the land. Thankfully, enough people here, including 19 
Democrats, voted with almost all the Republicans to turn back this sham 
against the people of the country.
  What we need to be doing is we need to be producing more oil and gas 
for the American people, bringing down the price of gas. The Democrats 
are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people, and, 
thankfully, they are not going to be able to do that since this bill 
did not pass. They wouldn't put it in committee to let it be debated. 
They put it on the suspension calendar, and it failed.
  The American people during this 4th of July work period need to tell 
their Members, we want you to fulfill the promises you made 2 years 
ago. Bring down the price of gas.

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