House Proceeding on Jun 4th, 2008 :: 3:07:20 to 3:13:20
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2004. 92 million acres of land currently under lease but 67 million acres, over 70% has not been developed by the oil and t gas companies. they have a lot to work with. they're not doing

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: it. 80% of the oil and gas still -- i will not yield y -- still -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon controls the time. mr. shimkus: i yielded. obviously the opposition --

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Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon controls the time. mr. defazio: 80% is where there's no more aer toum. i don't know why the gentleman from during the nanotechnology

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: debate, unanimous o'technology which need to be advanced, is bringing up this issue unless he's talking about little tiny drill bits. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's tlime has

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: expired. the gentlema n from texas. mr. hall: mr. chairman, i yield mr. shimkus, the gentleman from illinois, one more minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: minute. mr. shimkus: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. shimkus: i want to thank the chairman for th e time and a minute left, i

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: may not be able to yield to you, david. i'd be happy to most times. this is a problem. $23 to $58 to $123. you only address that by bringing on more supply. we have oil and gas in the outer

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: continental shelf and we need to be there. i've got oil all over the state of illinois. you know why we don't drill on every acre? because you're not going to find oil on every acre. why are leases

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: not put out? because there may not be oil there. in fact, on the outer continental shelf on the atlantic coast we won't even inventory it. the last congress we said no to inventory. what

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: we might have on the eastern seaboard. all i want to do is bring down crude oil prices. the only way do you it is bringing on more supply. it's clear from the votes over the past 12 years.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: republicans want to bring on more supply, democrats, the vast majority of them, do not. all we're asking is that we e have some that want to do that. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: tennessee. mr. gordon: i reserve the balance of my time if the ge ntleman from texas has any time left that he wants to conclude. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has half a

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: minute. mr. hall: i have no further requests for time and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: mr. gordon: thank you, mr. m speaker. once again i want to thank the majority and minority members of mb the science and technology committee for working together on this collaborative good

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: effort. to my friend, my passionate friend from illinois, let me say , just as he knows that you can't turn an oil tanker around on a dime, the fact of the matter is that we can't overturn the

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: four or eight years previous near-sighted policy on a dime either. rather than point fingers and try to be a partisan debate here, we can work together and make some changes. this nanotechnology

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: bill is one more effort in helping to provide american technology for domestic production of energies of a ll sort, the energies of the future, the jobs that come with. with that, mr. speaker,

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: i yield back the balance of my time and suggest we pass this very good bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: the rules and pass h.r. 5940 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. gordon: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: asks for the yeas and nays. the yabse are requested. all those if in -- the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: until counted. a sufficient number having arisen the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: postponed. the speaker pro tempore:ea for what purpose does the gentleman n from -- the gentlewoman from ge texas rise? ms. johnson: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: h.r. house concurrent resolution 366 expressing the sense of congress that increases ameriica's capability in science, math and technology education should be a national priority. the speaker pro tempore:

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 366. concurrent resolution expressing the sense of congress of increasing american capabilities

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Ralph M. Hall: in science, mathematics and technology education should be a national priority. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant of the rule, the gentlelady from texas, ms. johnson, and the gentleman from texas,

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Speech By: Ralph M. Hall