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




                    DEMOCRATS ARE TIRED OF THINKING

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, finally a Democrat bill.
  Will Rogers once said a conclusion is a place where you finally got 
tired of thinking. It looks like the Democrat leadership has gotten 
tired of thinking.
  They just got back from a 5-week vacation, while gas prices prevented 
many of their constituents from taking a vacation. I joined my 
Republican colleagues here in Washington, D.C. We were here every day 
of the week during those days with no lights, no cameras, no 
microphone, and no Democrats.
  Last week, the first week we were back, we worked just 3 days, just 3 
days, and they did not give us an energy bill.
  I come from the energy State of Montana. We have oil, gas, coal, 
wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and ethanol. We are part of the 
solution. But the Democrats are standing in our way.
  Allow us an opportunity to drill for oil and dig our coal. It is time 
we pass a bill. After 5 weeks of vacation, another week of no energy 
votes, they finally come up with a 290-page energy bill that doesn't 
create any energy. We can only conclude the Democrats are tired of 
thinking.

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