[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY STRATEGY

  (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOUSTANY. Madam Speaker, as oil prices continue to climb, 
increasing American energy production is critical to meeting this 
challenge. Yesterday, the Department of Energy announced a $715,000 
grant to my alma mater, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, to 
develop more effective ways to drill for oil. Students and professors 
will work together, along with industry, to achieve higher energy 
yields from each drilling hole. Better exploration and drilling 
procedures and techniques are just two parts of a comprehensive energy 
strategy that we need to have because a magic bullet will not solve our 
energy challenges. It will not lower the price at the pump alone. We 
need a comprehensive strategy.
  People of southwest Louisiana and around the country want to increase 
responsible energy production, they want to see increased refining 
capacity, they want to unleash American entrepreneurship and ingenuity 
to solve our energy problems, and they don't want any further delays 
because gas at the pump, as you can see, is just short of $4 a gallon.
  We have to stop the delay and have a comprehensive energy solution. I 
challenge the Democratic leadership to work with us and stop the delay. 
Let's get a solution to our energy problems.

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