[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15018]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             A GOVERNMENT OF, BY, AND FOR THE OIL COMPANIES

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, you know, when you listen to the 
Bush White House and our Republican friends, you really do get the 
impression that this is a government of, by, and for the oil companies. 
And in fact, maybe it is. I mean, after all, President Bush was the 
founder of Bush Oil Exploration. He was a paid board member of several 
oil exploration companies. Vice President Cheney is the former CEO of 
Halliburton, the world's largest oil services company. He's made 
millions off Halliburton stock while he's been in office.
  Newsweek, in fact, at the beginning of the Bush administration, 
identified 11 key decision makers in the energy policy area that had 
worked for or lobbied for the energy industry. And in fact when Vice 
President Cheney put together his energy transition team, 50 members 
were from the big corporate energy companies. None was from renewable 
energy organizations. Maybe that's why the Bush administration has cut 
renewable energy programs by 27 percent, including a 54 percent cut in 
solar energy.
  There are many reasons why we're in this situation, Mr. Speaker, and 
one big reason is the background and the priorities of the President 
and Vice President.

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