[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           INCREASING AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION RESPONSIBLY

  (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, for 501 days liberal Democrats have 
controlled Congress. And these liberal Democrats, including the 
Speaker, continue to talk about their secret solution for skyrocketing 
gas prices. But they have failed to produce any answers.
  Empty rhetoric and broken promises will not lower the price at the 
pump for American families. The people in my district in Southwest 
Louisiana understand that and they want real solutions. They want a 
comprehensive energy policy that allows us to strategically manage our 
fossil fuel dependence while we then transition and invest in 
alternative fuels. They don't want an energy policy that's held hostage 
to radical environmentalism. They want an energy policy that will 
increase responsible American energy production and refining capacity. 
They want to unleash American ingenuity and entrepreneurship. They 
don't want delays. They want a comprehensive energy policy because it's 
in the interest of our national security.
  Families in Southwest Louisiana and across the country are looking 
for solutions to the price at the pump, they're looking for solutions 
for health care costs, and they're looking for solutions to the housing 
slowdown. Republicans have viable answers.
  The American people are asking the Democratic leadership in 
Washington if they have solutions, we haven't seen any. Bring them 
forward. Let's work together to ease the price at the pump and to 
decrease America's dependence on foreign sources of oil.

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