[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   U.S. HELPING BRAZIL DRILL FOR OIL

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, gasoline has reached nearly $4 a 
gallon, and 60 percent of the American people want the administration 
to open up offshore drilling. Yet the administration ignores the will 
of the people, remaining defiant in their war on domestic energy. They 
continue to block access to American natural resources, refusing to 
issue timely drilling permits, despite a Federal court order to do so.
  However, the President has announced that the U.S. is going to help 
somebody drill for oil. We're going to send money, billions of dollars, 
to Brazil and their state-owned oil company. They will use American 
money to drill off their coast, and then we will buy the oil back from 
Brazil. Isn't that lovely?
  It's mind-boggling and infuriating that instead of developing our own 
domestic energy supply and creating jobs in America for Americans, the 
administration wants to become more dependent on foreign oil. Instead 
of propping up foreign energy companies, we need to allow American 
workers to drill in American water. It is wrong for the administration 
to prevent the development of our own natural resources while promoting 
the drilling off the shores of other countries.
  And that's just the way it is.

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