[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14426]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           LET'S TAKE ACTION

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, it's good to be back. I had a wonderful 
week in my Seventh Congressional District in Tennessee, a great 
district that has rural areas, suburban and metropolitan areas. And 
everywhere I went, people were saying: What is Congress going to do 
right now to get the price down at the pump?
  Well, my constituents know this affects every family every day, the 
price at the pump. They also know it is an energy independence issue, 
and yes, indeed, they do know that this is an issue of national 
security.
  Yet the Democrat leadership of this House doesn't want to do one 
thing on debating this issue. Well, we have some bills that are in 
there.
  How about, Mr. Speaker, if we debate H.R. 3089, a bill to promote 
domestic oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy production? Or there's 
H.R. 5984, to offer incentives for clean energy production and energy 
efficiency?
  The Democrat solution seems to be simple and ill-advised: just drive 
a smaller car, take the bus, or walk if you can.
  These may not be bad things, but they are often impossible for 
Tennesseans in my Seventh Congressional District. They want real 
solutions now.

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