[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19193]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 DEMOCRAT ENERGY PLAN SIDES WITH CONSUMERS WHILE GOP ENERGY PLAN SIDES 
                              WITH BIG OIL

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, while Big Oil rakes in record profits this 
year, American families are struggling with pain at the pump. House 
Democrats are working to pass a comprehensive energy plan that lowers 
prices for consumers, expands renewable energy and creates good-paying 
jobs here at home.
  The old Bush-Cheney policy, written by and for the oil companies, is 
the gift that keeps on giving to Big Oil; more land, more public land, 
more taxpayer dollars and more record profits.
  Every Representative in this House has a clear choice this month: 
Talk about an all-of-the-above plan, or take action. They can join with 
Democrats in siding with consumers struggling with energy costs, or 
continue to side with Big Oil. They can support a policy that will 
create good-paying American jobs and increase our Nation's security, or 
continue to argue for a drill-only plan. As T. Boone Pickens has said 
clearly, this is one problem we cannot drill our way out of.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democratic energy plan will bring down prices at the 
pump and invest in renewable energy for our future. It deserves strong 
bipartisan support.

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