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




           THE ENERGY SITUATION REQUIRES A THREE-LEGGED STOOL

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, it's interesting to hear the Democrats 
flail around for reasons that they won't put energy issues on the 
floor. I agree with the preceding speaker. Let's talk about the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Let's talk about offshore drilling. We 
haven't moved a single appropriation bill because of the fear that we 
may have an amendment on offshore drilling.
  Now the President has lifted his ban, and what we hear from the 
Democrats is it will take 10 years, it will take 20 years. It means two 
things: number one, they agree there's oil out there; number two, 
there's a discussion about how long it will take.
  But my question to them is where are your electric cars? Where are 
your hybrids that suddenly are going to save us? Those are also going 
to be 10 years down the road.
  We need to put it all on the table. We need to look at conservation, 
we need to look at alternative energy, and we need to drill. It is that 
simple. You have got to have a three-legged stool to answer the energy 
situation. And I don't know why the Speaker of the House is afraid to 
put it on the floor. That is right. There will not be a debate on it 
because the Democrats are afraid to put it on the floor.
  I say let's have an up-or-down vote on all of these issues.

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