[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11972]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              REPUBLICANS ARE READY TO ACT ON ENERGY NEEDS

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, my constituents and Americans 
are asking, where is the bill? When will House Democrats bring forward 
a real plan for families being hammered by record gas prices?
  Today, the majority will spend hours considering no less than 10 
nonbinding resolutions. Yet this Democrat Congress will do nothing, 
nothing, about outrageous energy prices. We fill the day with 
recognitions and commemorations, but there is no urgency for struggling 
Americans.
  It is shameful that with energy prices rising 70 percent on their 
watch, House Democrats remain stubbornly opposed to offering any ideas 
to increase supply and lower gas prices. All we see from this majority 
is brazen neglect.
  Republicans, on the other hand, have brought forward an energy action 
plan. We are ready to act. We are ready to increase American-made 
energy resources. We are ready to provide a broad mix of energy 
options. We are ready to streamline regulations allowing for increasing 
refining capacity. We are ready to help.
  Madam Speaker, we are ready. Americans are begging to know, when will 
this Democrat majority be?

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