[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11199]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, it's high time Congress acts on high gas 
prices. The American people are crying out for help and assistance; yet 
this Democrat Congress is doing nothing when it comes to energy 
independence for Americans.
  Finding a comprehensive long-term solution is what the American 
people want so that we can be energy independent, or at least more 
energy independent than we are today.
  Conserving is a sign of personal virtue, but we cannot conserve our 
way to American energy independence. The Democrat plan is only 
conservation and it's only tax increases.
  On our side of the aisle, we are trying to reach out to the Democrats 
and say that we must have energy exploration here domestically.
  When it comes to energy, America needs to rely on its own ingenuity 
and innovation, not the Saudi royal family.

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