[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18163]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     ASKING FOR AN UP-OR-DOWN VOTE ON ALL-OF-THE-ABOVE ENERGY PLAN

  (Mr. CARTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, when you sit here and listen to what's been 
talked about, you wonder who's in charge of this House of 
Representatives. Well, the Democratic Party is in charge of this House 
of Representatives. They have the majority.
  We have heard today that the Republicans blocked the Democrats' plan. 
How did that happen? Democrats have the majority. It must have been 
some of the folks on their side of the aisle thought their plan wasn't 
very good or else they would have passed their plan. They can pass 
anything they want to. The majority rules in this House.
  But the reality is those things that were brought forward were 
brought forward without any input from the Republican side at all.
  Now we hear we are going to get an energy plan today. I would be 
willing to bet my whole life that there is not one person who has 
checked with our committee chairman or anybody else. This plan is Nancy 
Pelosi's plan written while she was on vacation selling her book, and 
she has come back to deliver it to us, take it or leave it. No wonder 
the Republicans wonder what in the heck is going on on energy.
  We ask for an up-or-down vote on the all-of-the-above energy plan 
that has been discussed for the last 5 weeks.

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