[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONSEQUENCES OF FOREIGN OIL

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, our Nation's economic and 
national security is being threatened by our continued reliance on 
foreign oil. The pain at the pump is having a terrible impact on the 
wallets of American families. Simultaneously, we are sending billions 
of dollars overseas to buy the foreign oil we pay far too much for here 
at home.
  Exploration of American oil and natural gas right here at home means 
we can rely less on unstable regimes and break the monopoly of foreign 
oil. The more American-made energy we use means less of our money going 
to line the pockets of dictators like Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. We have 
the resources and the technology to get these resources in an 
environmentally sound way.
  We must face the fact there are real consequences to congressional 
inaction just as there would be substantial benefits to adopting an 
all-of-the-above energy policy, which I and many of my Republican 
colleagues support.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th.

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