[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       ENERGY BILL WITH NO ENERGY

  (Mr. TERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, this is an extremely disappointing day for 
me, and I assume for America. Today is the day when we finally have an 
energy bill, except it doesn't have energy in it. And America wants us 
to work together, the Republicans and Democrats to work together, so 
that we have a comprehensive American energy plan that makes us 
independent of foreign oil where we can have price stability.
  But unfortunately, as Republicans repeatedly reached out to the 
Democrat leadership to be involved in this process, we were totally 
shut out. The only negotiations occurred within the Speaker's office, 
and no Republican was allowed. We didn't even see the bill until late 
last night. This is not a true energy bill. If she would have included 
some of us, we could have made this hoax of a bill a lot better for the 
American public.
  For example, they say that they open up 12 percent of the resources, 
but then put conditions on it that really can't be met. So even that 12 
percent of the coastal waters are not going to be opened up while they 
pass a permanent moratorium on 88 percent.
  This is a hoax, and America needs to see it for what it is.

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