[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13274]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE NEED FOR AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I got a letter from a constituent from 
Centralia, Illinois. He calls it Operation Drill Bit. He says, ``Here's 
the problem. I'm tired of high gas prices. I'm tired of watching you 
borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis. Here's the 
solution. It's time to drill for our own supply of oil no matter where 
it may lie. It is time to mine our own resources no matter where they 
may lie.'' He attaches a drill bit to the letter.
  So I'm signing Lynn Westmoreland's pledge. I will join in the 
petition that I will continue to vote for more supply. The solution is 
more supply from the Outer Continental Shelf, coal-to-liquid 
technology, wind and solar, and renewable fuels. We need American-made 
energy. We need all of the above so that we can lower gas prices for 
the whole country at the pump. The poor, rural Americans are 
disproportionately harmed by high gas prices.

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