[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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         REPUBLICANS TO INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY SOLUTION

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, in a recent Reuters/Zogby poll, we 
learned that 75 percent of Americans support drilling for oil offshore. 
In other polls, between 68 and 76 percent of all Americans favor 
immediate oil and gas exploration onshore.
  Last week, after reading those polls, the Democrat leadership decided 
they would take some action and brought forward a faulty bill to try to 
improve their image. Of course, the bill failed.
  Now we do have agreement on one issue, Madam Speaker--that we should 
be drilling. Republicans are not waiting for others to take action. We 
are continuing to take action and continuing to bring forward possible 
solutions to this problem.
  Today is one of those. We will introduce a comprehensive energy 
solution this afternoon that would address America's energy concerns 
and begin to look at short-term, mid-range and long-range planning for 
our Nation's energy supply.
  What a plan. What a concept. Develop a comprehensive plan to make 
certain that we address the price at the pump.

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