[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICA NEEDS TO DRILL NOW

  (Mrs. DRAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DRAKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express the frustration my 
constituents feel with a Congress that refuses to address the current 
energy crisis. I have heard they can't fill their tanks, they're not 
doing any extras, they're not going out to eat or to movies or on 
vacation. And last week, a young woman serving in Afghanistan asked me 
to make sure that gas is not $5 a gallon when she returns home.
  Repeatedly, people have asked me to drill now. And yet with all this 
frustration and economic hardship, the Democratic leadership of this 
Congress refuses to bring legislation to the floor that addresses the 
number one concern of our constituents: increasing domestic supply now, 
dropping gas prices now while we move to the alternative energies of 
the future.
  This week Congress will consider dozens of suspensions, a bill 
concerning the preservation of White House e-mails, a bill creating a 
national historic trail in New York, and a bill creating a new section 
of national wild and scenic rivers in Massachusetts. But nothing to 
lower gas prices.

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