House Proceeding on Jun 4th, 2008 :: 3:51:30 to 3:55:43
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Speech By: Ralph M. Hall

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Ralph M. Hall: about is real people. and what we are -- and who we are hurting. can i get another 30 seconds here? mr. hall: i yield the gentleman another 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: recognized for an additional 30 seconds. mr. bishop: who we are hurting are real people and those people in the middle incomes appear those people who are on the edges of our society and those

3:51:30 to 3:55:43( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: people on fixed incomes which is about 45 million americans, those are the ones who get hurt first. and the more we talk about the philosophy of what should or should not be done and the

3:51:58 to 3:52:12( Edit History Discussion )

Eddie Bernice Johnson: later we decide to take as our policy statement that we will become energy secure and energy independent and we will develop all the resources we have at our disposal, to become energy dependent,

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: that's when we decide to try and help people. i thank the speaker for his indulgences. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas. ms. johnson:

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: we reserve the balance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time -- the gentlelady reserves the balance of her ce time. the gentleman from texas. mr. hall: mr.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: speaker, i yield the gentleman from north carolina, mr. mchenry, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. hall how much time do i have, sir? the speaker pro tempore: seven

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: minutes before yielding. the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. mchenry: thank you, mr. t speaker. i rise today to agree with the o resolution but the real substance of the debate

3:53:06 to 3:53:18( Edit History Discussion )

Eddie Bernice Johnson: on the house floor today should be about gas prices. that is the substance of what wee should be talking about as a people, because i know my constituents are talnsking about it. they

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: commute to work each day and at the -- and they have to pay and pay and pay high gas prices every day. d and it's because this congress hadn't acted. . certainly the resolution calling for

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: more math and science students, that's well and good. but what we should be talk being right now is how we're going to become energy-independent as americans. how we use american resources,

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: whether it's natural gas, petroleum products, energy research, how are we going to g invest in those things now? in this congress, this democratss leadership has failed to act and thinkth that's

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: irrespoirnsible. you know, one answer that they say is conservation. that's what some on the other r side of the aisle say is the ai answer. and you know, conservation is a sign of personal virtue.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: but we cannot conserve our way to energy independence. ep american energy independence. so what do we do? e i believe we have to use our technology and our innovation here in the united states

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: to become energy independent. we have vast resources, whether it's oil shale in the rocky mountain west, whether it's tar sands in our neighboring canada. in order to harvest oil out of oi those

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: areas, we must do it, though. the american people are paying close to $4 at the pumps and that's una cceptable. and i think because that, when it comes to energy, we need an american

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: solution, an america that relies on its own ingenuity and innovation, not beholden to b the saudi royal family. and i call on this congress to act, to stream line the regulation process so we can get new

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: refineries online, to open op up new areas of exploration. that's wha t we should be doing, not simply he can debating this resolution but working on real substantive issues that the american people

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: need and desire and my constituents in western north carolina demand h action when it comes to lowering gas prices and this congress can dhio something soabout it. but we have to open up

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: new areas of exploration. we have to increase refine -- refining capacity and we have to invest in renewable energy sources that are clean, efficient and american solutions that make us self-reliant.

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Ralph M. Hall: and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas. ms. johnson: mr. speaker, may i inquire

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Speech By: Ralph M. Hall