[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON FOREIGN OIL

  (Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I keep hearing my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle say that we need to reduce 
our reliance on foreign oil. I couldn't agree more.
  The Democrats are good at making promises, but they need to follow 
through on those promises. There is one thing my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle are very good at saying--``no.''
  It seems like every option we put on the table, whether it's 
developing the sources of the Outer Continental Shelf, expansion of 
nuclear power, or opening more refineries in the United States, the 
answer is always no.
  The Department of Interior estimates that in the Outer Continental 
Shelf alone, there is almost 100 billion barrels of oil and over 450 
trillion cubic feet of natural gas. How high will gas prices have to go 
before the Democrats start saying ``yes''? $5 a gallon? $10 a gallon?
  It's time for no more excuses. Families are hurting. Businesses are 
hurting. The American people are asking for help. It's time to say 
``yes.''

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