[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12749-12750]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICA NEEDS ENERGY PRODUCTION

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, you know after 
listening to my friends on the other side of the aisle, if you listen 
to their prescription for our energy woes, it is very much like saying 
we can have milk in this country without cows. They don't understand 
that in order to take care of the problem, you need supply.
  And why do I say that, because on every single vote we have had over 
the last decade or so, when we talked about tar sands, Democrats voted 
no. When we talked about shale oil, Democrats voted no. When we talked 
about coal, Democrats voted no. When we talked about cleaner ways of 
using coal, the Democrats voted no. When we talked about offshore 
drilling for gas and oil, the Democrats said no. When we talked about 
drilling in ANWR, they voted no. When we talked about refineries, they 
said no. Nuclear, they said no. And sometimes they have even said no to 
wind if it happened to be near where they lived.
  Now the problem is that the American people want solutions. We are 
providing an opportunity for solutions. All we are asking is that the 
leadership on the Democratic side of the aisle allow us to bring to the 
floor those bills that will allow for more American energy production 
because we understand if you want milk, you have to have cows. If you 
want production, you are going to have to allow production in this 
country.

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