House Proceeding on Jul 24th, 2008 :: 1:47:56 to 1:49:55
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John Hall: this is going to work? we know it's going to work because when past presidents s have turned the spigot on the strategic petroleum reserve, president bush i just before the first peshian gulf

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Speech By: John Hall

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John Hall: war, the price -- persian gulf war, the price 33%. president clinton used it, it dropped 18%. when this president used it after katrina, it dropped 9%. we know what's going to happen. the republican

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John Hall: leadership is going to fly up to the arctic national wildlife refuge. instead, they should get on a sh plane and fly down to houston and take a look at the strategic petroleum reserve. and

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John Hall: to ask the president to just turn the spigot on and to send that oil right now, not 10 or 20 years from now but 10 or 20 days from now so that americans who are enjoying their august vacations

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John Hall: know that the american government is on their side. could i have one additional minute? mr. welch: yield one additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one

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John Hall: minute. mr. markey: the reason the republicans won't use it, however, is they argue we are not in an emergency. and i think that is not how the american people view where we are. $4 a gallon

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John Hall: for gasoline. the price for home heating oil and natural gas this winter rising by the day. we have the airline industry in crisis. we have the trucking industry in crisis. we have food

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John Hall: prices skyrocketing. the american people believe we're in an energy emergency. and what we do in this bill is we say, mr. president, might not fit your definition what an emergency is

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John Hall: but it fits the definition of the american people. we want you to deploy the strategic petroleum reserve now. we want you to tap into the strategic petroleum reserve to protect the american

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John Hall: consumer now. we don't want you to wait, mr. president, until after some war in iran and deploy it then, too, sir, but please do not wait until then. please understand that americans want

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Peter A. DeFazio: their oil. they paid for this oil. they paid $100 billion to put this oil in the strategic petroleum reserve in houston, st in louisiana, in mississippi. they want relief now. vote aye on this

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Speech By: Peter A. DeFazio