[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CBS SHOULD GIVE AMERICANS ALL THE FACTS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, most Americans say President Obama 
lacks a clear plan to deal with the oil spill in the gulf, energy 
issues, and job creation, according to a new CBS News-New York Times 
poll. By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say the President does not have a 
clear plan to handle the oil spill; 6 in 10 say his response to the 
disaster was too slow; and less than one-third of Americans have a lot 
of confidence in the President's ability to handle the crisis. Just 4 
in 10 say the President has a clear plan for developing new sources of 
energy, and only one-third say he has a clear plan to create jobs. But 
for some reason, CBS News downplayed the results of their own poll.
  Monday's CBS Evening News failed to even mention these findings and 
instead focused on Americans' disapproval of BP's handling of the oil 
spill. CBS should give Americans all the facts, not conceal their own 
poll results to protect the President.

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