[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7285-7286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRESS HAS TO END EMBARGO ON AMERICAN OIL

  (Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, recently I met with a

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number of independent truckers in my district who said that many of 
their businesses cannot survive the current cost of diesel fuel. And 
many of my constituents have also said they cannot continue to pay 
these rising prices of gasoline, the rising prices of food.
  What much of this comes down to is: Congress has to end its embargo 
on American oil. To say we cannot drill in the gulf coast, the Atlantic 
coast, the Pacific coast, in the Colorado area with the shale oil, or 
Alaska, has reached a point where OPEC has continued to grab us by the 
throat and continues to fund both sides of the war on terror.
  Americans understand that whoever controls the supply can demand 
whatever price they want. And now with gasoline being over 70 percent 
of the cost of oil, isn't it time that America took control of its own 
economy and began to use its own resources in an environmentally 
responsible way?
  Let's end the embargo on American oil. Let's take back control of our 
economy. Let's take action on this.

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