[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     A STORM SWEEPING THIS CHAMBER

  (Ms. GRANGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, a terrible storm has swept over my home 
State of Texas, brought devastation to neighborhoods and communities; 
2,500 search and rescue missions out, 2 million people without energy 
in their home probably for 3 weeks.
  There's another storm that will sweep this Chamber and this Nation 
over the hoax of this energy, this energy bill that brings no energy to 
the American people, at a time when we need the shot in the arm for the 
long term, as well as for today.
  This bill that's been brought as if it were a real bill, brought, 
passed in the dead of night, brought with no debate, no discussion, no 
input, no process, a process that has stood us well for decades, for 
centuries, no process, no offshore exploration, no oil shale resources, 
no refineries, no drilling in ANWR, no nuclear, no coal, no energy, no 
nothing, and no commitment to the American people who support this and 
understand what we should be doing, what they deserve, what they 
respect, what is our job.
  What a hoax. What a disappointment.

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