Providing for Consideration of H.R. 6899, Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6899, COMPREHENSIVE AMERICAN ENERGY SECURITY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT -- (House of Representatives - September 16, 2008)

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Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Basically, what the problem here is the leadership on the Democratic side of the aisle are so focused on saving the planet that they are not going to save the United States of America when we are in this crisis over these oil prices and dependency on foreign countries.

Nancy Pelosi herself, the Speaker of the House, said, ``I want to save the planet.'' ``I want to save the planet.'' The majority leader of the Senate said, ``All fossil fuel is poison and we need to get rid of it.'' The gentleman from the Sierra Club, Carl Pope, the executive director, said, ``We are better off without cheap oil, without cheap gas.''

We are better off without cheap gas? Tell that to the people in the 11th Congressional District back in Georgia when they are paying $4 and $5 a gallon.

The bottom line, my colleagues, is what the Democrats have done is come in here with a farce, a hoax of an energy bill, and say, okay, we know the American people, 85 percent of them want an energy bill and they want to be able to drill.

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