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10/03/08
Madam Speaker, we come here today in the midst of the biggest economic crisis
this nation has ever faced. The proposal put forth by the administration earlier was unacceptable. No accountability no government oversight, too much burden on the American taxpayer, but politics is the art of the possible. This house is a place where policy and reality come together where people solve problems.
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09/18/08
There was an energy bill brought to the floor this week. Unfortunately, it was not a comprehensive bill or open for debate. And no member was allowed to offer any amendment expanding the scope.
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09/10/08
It has been five weeks we have been in session here on the House floor. But there were many of us that came to the House floor throughout August. We talked directly with the American people about the immediate need for comprehensive energy legislation.
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09/09/08
During August, I traveled throughout my District and heard firsthand from my constituents who are suffering due to high gasoline and diesel prices. Every where I went, I heard stories from individuals and businesses struggling to make ends meet.
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07/24/08
In the past few weeks, the focus of the energy crisis conversation has been about lifting the offshore ban on drilling to increase oil and gas supply in the U.S., and offshore drilling is one solution that can help ease our energy crisis and lower gas prices at the pump.
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07/23/08
Sometimes like many of my colleagues, I get frustrated about the pace of Congress. For the past several weeks, I've come down the floor almost every day to talk about energy problems and why Congress doesn't seem to want to do anything to fix the problem.
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07/17/08
I've been on the House floor asking the Majority Party if they've been hearing from the citizens about their financial struggles with high gas prices, because I have.
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07/17/08
American families have been bracing from an energy problem the past few months, which has now turned into an energy crisis.
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06/30/08
I got a great call yesterday. It was a constituent from my district who said that he saw me speaking about domestic energy exploration on the House Floor, and he was relieved.
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06/25/08
Last week, Sen. John McCain stated that we need to lift a federal moratorium on offshore drilling for oil and gas.
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