[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           TIME TO START UTILIZING AMERICAN ENERGY RESOURCES

  (Mr. NEUGEBAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to a lot of 
rhetoric on the other side about it is time for a change in America. I 
agree. It is time for the Democrats to change their votes and stop 
voting against producing energy that belongs to Americans.
  One of the things that we do every morning, and we got the 
opportunity this morning, is to write Hugo Chavez another check for 
$170 million. We wrote one yesterday, and we will write one tomorrow. 
Just think of what we could do with $170 million, investing it right 
here in American jobs.
  When we bring up ANWR, 86 percent of the Democrats voted against 
that. When we bring up coal-to-liquid technology, 78 percent of the 
Democrats voted against that. When we bring up developing oil shale 
exploration, 86 percent of the Democrats voted against that. The Outer 
Continental Shelf, 83 percent of the Democrats voted against that. 
Refinery capacity, we are importing gasoline into this country, 96 
percent of the Democrats are opposed to that.
  It is time for change. It is time to start producing American 
resources.

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