[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AMERICA HAS TO HAVE OWN RESOURCES

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, the American people know who the Republicans 
are. We are the party that for decades the Democrats, backed by the 
radical left, have accused of wanting to do nuclear power. We are the 
party that for decades the environmental movement has fought because we 
wanted to drill for oil and natural gas in America.
  Mr. Speaker, we are the party that has this energy bill that is not 
being considered, while your party, headed by Nick Rahall, Gene Green, 
George Miller, and John Dingell, is claiming to have a bipartisan bill 
that is yours which does nothing.
  Mr. Speaker, there is no Republican in your bipartisan. That is a new 
definition even for this Democrat Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, back in 1998 I called for our California coast to be 
opened for exploration so we would have a strategic reserve we could 
tap in time of need. Guess what, Barbara Boxer and the radical left 
attacked me. I lost that election. I haven't changed my position since 
then; I never will. America has to have its own resources. We are the 
party that you know has wanted to do that, and you are the party that 
has been blocking it.

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