House Proceeding on Jun 5th, 2008 :: 3:21:49 to 3:23:29
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3:21:33 to 3:21:49( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: like to yield to the gentleman who speaks very slowly, so i want to make him comfortable. yielding to the gentleman from south carolina so that he can meet his other obligations that he has

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: right now three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my good friend for yielding and apologize

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Speech By: Henry E. Jr.Brown

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: for the delay. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak on h.r. 5540, the chesapeake bay watertrail network bill. i understand the value of the bill we are discussing today and i commend my colleagues,

3:22:13 to 3:22:26( Edit History Discussion )

Henry E. Jr.Brown: congressman rob wittman from virginia, for the hard work he's done on this bill. his efforts will be all for nothing if we do not address the energy crisis we are facing in the united states

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: today. in my district of coastal south carolina, my constituents are dealing with the same problems as those who live and work along the chesapeake bay. just as the watermen of the chesapeake

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: bay cannot afford to bring their boats out of the dock to catch blue crab due to the all-time record high diesel prices, my constituents are now -- in our fishing communities cannot bring their shrimp

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: boats on the water to catch shrimp due to the high cost of diesel fuel. mr. speaker, it's irresponsible for our democratic colleagues to stop legislation that will help our energy crisis from being

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: considered on the floor of the house of representatives. mr. speaker, we currently depend on foreign and in many cases unfriendly nations for over 60% of our nation's energy needs. this is a serious

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Henry E. Jr.Brown: national security concern for my constituents in coastal south carolina. on behalf of all the recreational and coastal fishermen, the shrimpers, recognize creational boaters in south carolina,

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John Sarbanes: i would like to ask the democrat majority why we are not voting today on the many pieces of legislation that have been introduced that would open up domestic sources of energy and help them get