[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   THE WORKING CLASS ARE GETTING STIFFED BY THE DEMOCRAT ENERGY BILL

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, back in the Fifth 
Congressional District in Florida, I tell people I came from a 
dysfunctional family. My father was a Democrat. My mother was a 
Republican. But let me tell you, my father was a Democrat because he 
thought that the Democrat Party was for the working class.
  Ladies and gentlemen in this Chamber, the working class are getting 
stiffed by this bill. It's interesting because since the Democrats took 
control of both the Houses, gasoline has gone up over $1 a gallon. Now 
you know what that means? That means that the working class and the 
middle class are really getting hurt.
  The bill that we have before us today is not one that's going to 
produce any kind of energy. Let me tell you why. First of all, lawsuits 
will stop any drilling. There's no consolidation or method to 
consolidate any lawsuits that may be brought by numerous environmental 
groups. Certainly, we want to protect the environment, but you know 
what, this bill does not produce one ounce of any kind of petroleum 
product.
  Also, I come from a State that could be producing, but there's no 
revenue-sharing. So no legislature or no Governor will ever vote to 
allow any kind of drilling off their shore.

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