[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        NO DRILL, NO ENERGY BILL

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, when Speaker Pelosi said that an energy 
bill that included drilling would be a hoax, she knew what she was 
talking about.
  Last night, in the dead of night, the Democratic leadership brought 
forward a no drill, no energy bill. That bill is a hoax on the American 
people, just as she said it would be. You can put lipstick on a no-
drill, no-energy bill, but it's still a no-drill, no-energy bill.
  I have introduced legislation, many others have, to allow the States 
to participate in drilling off their coasts. Their bill prohibits that.
  We will see no drilling, we will see no oil production, no access to 
oil production in more than 90 percent of the areas where oil exists, 
and we should go after it. Nothing in this bill for nuclear power, 
nothing in this bill for coal-to-liquid technology, nothing in this 
bill for the American people, nothing in this bill for my constituents, 
nothing but a hoax on the American people.

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