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House Proceeding 06-10-08 on Jun 10th, 2008 :: 0:01:42 to 0:03:55
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Daniel Coughlin

0:01:29 to 0:01:42( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Coughlin: promise to your ancestors. i will be with you as i was with moses. i will not leave you nor will i foresake you. now or forever. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal

John Hall

0:01:42 to 0:01:52( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: of the last day's proceedings and announces to the hanouse his appr oval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will ll be led by the

John Hall

0:01:42 to 0:03:55( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John Hall

John Hall

0:01:52 to 0:02:15( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: gentleman from new york, congressman hall. mr. hall: please join me in the pledge to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which

John Hall

0:02:15 to 0:02:23( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute seches. for what purpose does the gentleman

John Hall

0:02:23 to 0:02:36( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: from new york rise? mr. hall: one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hall: thank you, madam speaker. over the weekend gas reached a $4 national average

John Hall

0:02:36 to 0:02:49( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: for the first time in our nation's history. the majority in congress has worked to combat these prices by advancing new energy solutions and efforts to protect consumers. the standard refrain from the

John Hall

0:02:49 to 0:03:02( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: oil companies and their allies is, we need to drill for more oil here at home. well, i would ask them, who's stopping you? the oil company myth is that we need to open up the arctic refuge

John Hall

0:03:02 to 0:03:16( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: and give the oil companies a free hand to go wherever and whenever they want to chase oil. the reality, however s. that about 75% of the oil in the united states is on land that is already opened

John Hall

0:03:16 to 0:03:27( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: for production. but less than 1/3 of that land is actually being used by the oil companies. they are literally sitting on 10,000 permits and millions of acres of leased land that would let them

John Hall

0:03:27 to 0:03:35( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: start pulling more oil out of the frond here at home. so i say to the oil company advocates, start drilling for more domestic supply, start drilling on the lands that are already opened,

John Hall

0:03:35 to 0:03:41( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: and stop posturing while american drivers are in pain at the pump. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from tennessee rise?

John Hall

0:03:41 to 0:03:55( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: mrs. blackburn: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam speaker. the price at the pump

Marsha Blackburn

0:03:55 to 0:04:11( Edit History Discussion )

Marsha Blackburn: is what everyone is talking about and in my district in tennessee, moms are now spending over $100 more to fill up the tank than they were when the democrats took the gavel in both the house

Marsha Blackburn

0:03:55 to 0:05:13( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Marsha Blackburn

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