[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17071]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          AMERICAN ENERGY ACT

  (Mr. RADANOVICH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, as Congress prepares to depart for the 
August recess, I'm expecting to see more constituents around my 
district this August than usual. It isn't because they're anxious to 
visit with me; it's because many of my constituents can't afford to 
take vacations this summer due to the skyrocketing price of gas.
  My Republican colleagues and I have offered a comprehensive energy 
plan in the form of the American Energy Act, which seeks to reduce the 
price of gas through increasing American energy production, enhancing 
energy efficiencies, and promoting renewable and alternative energy 
technology. Yet the majority party refuses to bring this commonsense 
bill up for a vote before we leave for recess because they are afraid 
it will pass. I wish my Democrat colleagues would apply this same 
illogic to some of their pieces of legislation.
  It's unconscionable to punish the majority of the American people for 
the appeasement of out-of-touch environmental constituents. The 
American people deserve lower gas prices, and they deserve an up or 
down vote on the American Energy Act.

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