[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 REPUBLICANS TO BLAME FOR ENERGY CRISIS

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Madam Speaker, 3 years ago, Republicans passed an 
energy plan that they said would lower prices at the pump, drive 
economic growth and job creation and promote energy independence. I ask 
you, America, did it work? The answer is no.
  Now we look 3 years later and the price of gas has gone up 59 
percent, the economy is tanking and we've lost 600,000 jobs this year 
alone. The Republicans are saying they know how to solve the problem. 
Well, they had control of Washington for 6 years and the results are 
clear--the mission is not accomplished and everyone is feeling the 
effect of their failure today.
  Democrats have been working hard to reverse the Republican failed 
policies of the past. Yesterday we passed a comprehensive energy 
package that will lower prices at the pump, expand domestic drilling 
off the Outer Continental Shelf, expand renewable energy sources, end 
subsidies for Big Oil and create good-paying jobs for Americans here.
  I would like to know why Republicans did not solve the energy crisis. 
Yesterday Democrats continued a new direction and took action to solve 
the energy crisis.

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