[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10199]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            MAIN STREET USA ENERGY INDEPENDENCE SECURITY ACT

  (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am tired of the 
majority party talking about introducing a commonsense plan for our 
growing energy crisis. Common sense or not, I'd be happy to look at 
their plan if they had one. But they don't. They have demonstrated to 
families who are wasting their money on the price of gasoline that they 
have failed to come up with a plan.
  I don't want to let those families down, Mr. Speaker, and I don't 
want them to think that Members of Congress are sitting on their hands 
doing nothing that's affecting their cost of living. So last week I 
helped Congressman Buyer announce the Main Street USA Energy 
Independence Security Act of 2008.
  This plan will help solve our national security problem and guide us 
away from being reliant on international energy sources. It will also 
open up domestic exploration on our own soil to find energy sources 
here at home.
  The best thing about the Main Street Energy Act is that it is a plan. 
And let's put the plan to work now.

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