[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THEY PUT US IN THIS SITUATION

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, for the last 8 years, our 
President and Vice President the founder of Bush Oil Exploration and 
the former CEO of Halliburton, the world's largest oil servicing firm, 
have had this country focused almost exclusively on drilling for fossil 
fuels, the use of oil and gas to power our economy. This administration 
issued 40,000 permits for drilling on public land onshore, and made 300 
million acres offshore available to oil and gas companies. They still 
have 68 million acres of proven reserves that they are not drilling on.
  But what is the focus now? Let's go after that last remaining 20 
percent, even though it's the most environmentally sensitive, even 
though it will devastate the tourism industry and fishing industry of 
several states. Let's go after that. That's the answer. Forget the fact 
that we opposed research into solar power, cutting it by 80 percent, 
cutting wind power research and opposing more fuel efficient engines.
  They put us in this situation, and now they want more of the same. 
And they're wrong.

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