House Proceeding on Jun 11th, 2008 :: 0:13:26 to 0:33:26
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Speech By: Chris Carney

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Chris Carney: this important promise to our nation's troops. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. mchenry: i rise to

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address the house for onminute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mchenry: thank you, mr. speaker. one day will end our dependence on foreign oil and power our economy with alternative

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sources of energy. but until that day comes, we have to do everything in our power to strengthen our economy by making energy more affordable by increasing domestic american production. n roughly

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70% of what we pay at the pumps comes from the price of oil in the global market, which is driven by relationships between supply and demand. to lower gas prices, we have to use american

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Stephen Cohen: energy resources. right now the u.s. produces 41% of the petroleum we use. we can do much better than that. just by opening up a small portion of alaska for oil production, we can recover 15

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Speech By: Stephen Cohen

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Stephen Cohen: years of saudi arabian crude oil. by streamlining rules for energy exploration out of the outer continental shelf, we can access roughly 115 million barrels of oil, enough oil to power 60 million

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Stephen Cohen: cars for 60 years. with gas prices over $4 a gallon, this congress must act. we have to increase supply, doing anything else will be irresponsible. . e speaker pro tempore: for what purpose

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Stephen Cohen: does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. this morning's memphis commercial

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Stephen Cohen: appeal had distressing news for our city. delta airlines had canceled part of its contract with penticlare lines, an airline that had 1,000 jobs in our commute, the c newspaper reported that stockholders

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Stephen Cohen: are concerned of the existence -- continued existence of the business. if the merger takes place, and delta and northwest merge, it's entirely possible that delta will cancel the remaining

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Stephen Cohen: portion of pinnacle's business with northwest airline where they serve many customers through northwest airlines that. would be devastating to the memphis economy and possibly cost us thousands

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Stephen Cohen: ever jobs. i am very concerned and plan to call delta airlines to find out why this contract was canceled, what possibly could happen, how this merger would affect those 1 ,000 people, and if

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Stephen Cohen: possible reregulation of the airlines is in order to make sure abrupt changes in contracts that might cause irreparable harm and immediate damage can't take place if they threaten an industry

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Stephen Cohen: and employer in my district such as pinnacle airlines. i'm concerned about the future of this large business and my community and plan to look into it for the benefit of the employers and my overall

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Stephen Cohen: business community. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. burgess: to address the house

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Stephen Cohen: for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: this the congress has placed a significant burden on american families. now they are having to decide whether to buy

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Michael C. Burgess: food or gasoline, the price of both have increased significantly in the past six months. and now back in my district they are having to defend themselves from opportunistic gas grabbing criminals.

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Speech By: Michael C. Burgess

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Michael C. Burgess: thieves are actually posting internet videos discussing how to steal gas from cars. the kind of information that used to be shared in the prison yard has made it's way into the broadcast

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Michael C. Burgess: yourself genre of websites. it's shocking but it's not surprising because we have ignored the issue of providing supply of energy in this country. americans may have given up on waiting for

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Michael C. Burgess: the majority party to ease the pain at the pump. so americans may just file this under desperate times, call for desperate measures. the speaker may be able to ignore the members who have asked

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Michael C. Burgess: for something to be done to address gas prices, primarily on the supply side. eventually the consequences of the blatant disregard for rising prices, it's going to come home. let's hope, let's hope

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Michael C. Burgess: that this speaker, this majority party will take action before our families get robbed by thieves in the middle of the night. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has

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Michael C. Burgess: expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. sanchez: to address the house for one minute. revise a extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sanchez:

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Loretta Sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. this saturday, june 14, the orange county water district will celebrate its 75th anniversary. along with the other members of the orange county delegation i introduced

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Speech By: Loretta Sanchez

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Loretta Sanchez: house resolution 1199 to honor this significant occasion. the orange county water district's 7 5th anniversary is particularly meaningful as it comes just months after we opened up the largest

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Loretta Sanchez: ground water treatment replenishment system in the nation on january 10 of this year -- of 2007. the replenishment system is on the sutting edge of water reuse technology, it will purify

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Loretta Sanchez: 70 million gallons of water a day, providing clean water to over 100,000 families in orange county. the vision and the initiative by the district is in establishing the ground water replenishment

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Loretta Sanchez: system is the reason it received the 2008 claire a. award and named the public water agency of the year in 2008. the district is a leader and identified in creating new and exciting options

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Loretta Sanchez: to meet the water needs of california, the nation, and world, and high pressure this resolution will make its way to the house quickly. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro

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Loretta Sanchez: tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from something sook rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise

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Joe Wilson: and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, americ ans are puzzled. puzzled why gas prices have topped $4 per gallon and why house democrats have

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Speech By: Joe Wilson

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Joe Wilson: done nothing. they are puzzled why america sits on an estimate ited untapped reserve of -- estimated untapped reserve of $175 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and $1.1 trillion barrels

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Joe Wilson: of oil, and yet we remain increasingly dependent on foreign oil. the american people should know that there is a plan in washington for energy independence. republicans have a comprehensive strategy

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Joe Wilson: of exploration, innovation, and conservation that will set america on a positive track. we have the tools and capacity to put our plan into motion. all we need are democrats to step forward,

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Joe Wilson: join us, and tell the american people that washington is no longer going to stand in the way of energy exploration in this country. that the short-term and long-term strategy and economic value

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Joe Wilson: of -- strategic and economic value of investing in america is our first priority. republicans have a plan. what remains to be seen is what the democrats will do. in conclusion, god bless our

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Joe Wilson: troops, we will never forget september 11. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. etheridge: permission

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Joe Wilson: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. etheridge: mr. speaker, we have been hearing a lot of talk this week about high energy prices. the republican

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Bob Etheridge: talking points for the week is that democrats are causing high gas prices because we won't allow drilling. that is false rhetoric. it is the oil companies that are choosing not to drill on 80% of

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Speech By: Bob Etheridge

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Bob Etheridge: the leases already available for drilling in alaska. it is the oil companies choosing not to increase drilling in the national preserve, one of the largest preserves in the nation and one that

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Bob Etheridge: president clinton made available for drilling. meanwhile, it is the democrats who have put 70,000 more barrels of oil per day on to the market by halting shipments to the strategic petroleum

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Bob Etheridge: reserve. it is the democrats that have passed legislation that would allow opec to be investigated for price fixing, legislation that the president has threatened to veto. it is time to stop

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Bob Etheridge: the rhetoric, mr. speaker. i challenge the president to demand fair play from opec and the republican party to stand up for the american people and not big oil. i yield back. the speaker pro

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Bob Etheridge: tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. neugebauer: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. neugebauer:

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Randy Neugebauer: thank you, mr. speaker. i would just echo with what my colleague from south carolina said. where is the plan? if the democrats do not have a plan to lower energy costs for the american people,

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Speech By: Randy Neugebauer

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Randy Neugebauer: please bring some of the republican proposals that we have already designed and which will begin to bring immediate relief. the other night i had a teletown hall meeting and i was listening to

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Randy Neugebauer: the people in the 19th congressional district of texas. one teacher said, congressman, i have to drive 100 miles every day to go to my job. she said, my gasoline's gone up but my paycheck has not.

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Randy Neugebauer: the most disturbing news was that the gentleman that said, congressman, i have to get dialysis three times a week. i have to drive 70 miles each way. he said now i'm down to trying to decide whether

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Randy Neugebauer: i'm going to be able to buy, gasoline, or the treatment for my diabetes. madam speaker, it is time for the democratic majority who promised the american people a plan to bring that plan to

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Randy Neugebauer: this house floor instead of important legislation like we voted on yesterday supporting the goals and ideas of international year of sanitation. i know the american people are going to be

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Randy Neugebauer: very comforted that this body took up that legislation and not energy legislation that would have brought relief for high energy cost. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired.

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Randy Neugebauer: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise? miss mccarthy: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: mr. speaker. mrs. mccarthy: every month -- mrs. maloney: the bush administration

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Carolyn B. Maloney: and bush economy has shed more jobs than it has produced. leaving millions of american workers competing against each other for the remaining jobs. we haven't seen this many people enter unemployment

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Speech By: Carolyn B. Maloney

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Carolyn B. Maloney: so quickly in over three decades. today the house will consider providing up to 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits to workers who have exhausted the 26 weeks of regular benefits.

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Carolyn B. Maloney: the bill will provide relief to american families struggling through these tough economic times. unemployment benefits are also important to economic recovery. with absolutely every dollar

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Carolyn B. Maloney: of the benefit checks going right back into the economy. and while the economy continues to weaken and costs for gasoline and food skyrocket every day, the need for government help is clear.

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Carolyn B. Maloney: unfortunately our republican colleagues continue to oppose these efforts to assist millions of out-of-work americans, even though they supported a similar extension in 2002 when job loss numbers

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Carolyn B. Maloney: were not nearly as bad as they are today. mr. speaker, as our economy continues to face tough times, washington should explore every possible option to help those struggling. that is exactly

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Carolyn B. Maloney: what democrats will do today in congress. extend those benefits. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. e chair will remind all persons in the gallery that they are here

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Joseph R. Pitts: as guests of the house and that any manifestation of approval or disapproval of proceedings or other audible conversation is in violation of the rules of the house. for what purpose does

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Speech By: Joseph R. Pitts

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Joseph R. Pitts: the ntleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. pitts: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, on monday the investors business daily

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Joseph R. Pitts: printed an editorial entitled the drill nothing congress. here's a short quote from it, quote, it's a problem driven by domestic supply restrictions imposed by the democratic congress in the

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Joseph R. Pitts: face of growing worldwide demand. the democrats preach energy independence while they do everything in their power to prevent it, end quote. the problem they are speaking of is $4 a gallon gasoline.

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Joseph R. Pitts: the american people are fed up with a congress that can't seem to respond to one of their most basic concerns. people are tired of democrat leaders blocking action to bring down skyrocketing

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Joseph R. Pitts: gas prices. so we have introduced a discharge petition to force a vote on the no more excuses energy act. we need to increase domestic production of energy in order to bring down the price

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Joseph R. Pitts: of gas at the pump. i urge all my colleagues to sign on to the discharge petition and support the bill when it comes to the floor of the house. there is no excuse not to. i yield back. the speaker

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Joseph R. Pitts: pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? mr. ellison: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, today

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Keith Ellison: the house will vote to extend unemployment benefits for an additional 13 weeks to help these workers out as they look to -- as they continue to look for a jofpblet mr. speaker, the grim -- job.

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Keith Ellison: mr. speaker, the grim jobs of five consecutive months of job loss is another sign that president bush's economic policies have utterly failed the american people. the unemployment rate has surge

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Keith Ellison: interested 5% in april to 5.5% in may, representing the biggest one-mont h jump in more than two decades. and climbing to the highest level in nearly four years. these statistics are not just numbers

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Keith Ellison: to more than 1.5 million americans who have seen their unemployment benefits expire simply because there are not enough jobs to go around. so today the house will vote to extend unemployment

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Keith Ellison: benefits for an additional 13 weeks to help these workers. democrats have been pushing to extend unemployment benefits since the beginning of the year, but have faced stiff opposition from the

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Keith Ellison: president and congressional republicans. mr. speaker, with job losses so far this year totaling 324,000, america's families can wait no longer. thanks today we are going to get relief. the

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Mike Pence: speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. pence: ask unanimous consent to address the house, revise and extend my remarks. the

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Speech By: Mike Pence

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Mike Pence: speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. it is said that picture's worth a thousand words.or this picture tells the tale of e the worst series of storms to strike

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Mike Pence: southern indiana in 100 years. i rise today to commend and recognize the extraordinary contributions, though, of emergency management, disaster response, elected officials, community leaders, and

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Mike Pence: everyday hoosiers in my district during this last week of devastating weather. particularly want to hobor e.m.a. directors, sheriffs, mayors, and county officials in rush, johnson, and bartholomew

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Mike Pence: counties, indiana. they suffered greatly from tornadoes, heavy rains, flooding, creating a catastrophe that awaits additional presidential response, but this catastrophe did not await the

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James P. McGovern: response by these public servants. they went above and beyond the call of duty showing great poise, saving lives, and serving the people of their communities. mr. speaker, hoosier families

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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: and communities are hurting and need to know that more help is on the way. as i rise to commend these government officials and everyday hoosiers for their response, i urge this administration

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James P. McGovern: again to declare an expedited major disaster for all 44 counties of indiana affected by these historic storms. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does

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James P. McGovern: the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:r without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, yesterday i visited d.c. central kitchen

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James P. McGovern: where i learned about an innovative program, the campus kitchens project. this is a program that uses high school and college dining facilities when the kitchen is normally closed to prepare meals

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: for area soup kitchens ands shelters. college and high school students involved in this program take a large leadership role in starting and maintaining the kitchens. campus kitchens helps

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Speech By: Charles W. Jr.Boustany

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: feed hungry people in our communities today while building tomorrow's leaders committed to ending hunger. mr. speaker, hung certificate a political condition. and we need government action to end it.

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: but we also need people from all sectors dedicated to doing more to end hunger. there are over 400 high schools and 100 colleges in massachusetts alone. if each school organized a group to fight

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: hunger in their community, just think of what could be done. i congratulate d.c. central kitchen and the campus kitchens project for their work and i thank the staff and students for the commitment

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: to ending hunger. i yield back the balance of my time back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccrery: mr. boustany: increasing american energy production will -- in a responsible way will

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: help and it will create american jobs. the american people want increased energy production in a responsible and environmentally friendly way. they want to see unleashing american entrepreneurship

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Barbara Lee: and ingenuity. they don't want any further delays in speaking energy independence. and they know this is in the interest of national security. families in southwest louisiana and across the

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Speech By: Barbara Lee

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Barbara Lee: country want to see solutions to the high prices at the pump. and republicans have viable answers to this. we've introduced a number of bills. the american people are now asking the democratic

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Barbara Lee: leadership in washington if they have solutions, because so far they haven't seen any. and now the democratic presidenal nominee suggest to cnbc today that while the u.s. would be better off

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Barbara Lee: without such a shock in gas prices, he sees higher prices as a good thing. i don't get it, mr. speaker. i just don't get it. we can work together to solve this problem. we can decrease america's

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Barbara Lee: dependence on foreign sources. it's a sensible thing to do, and i urge my colleagues to join me in this quest. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does

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Mario Diaz-Balart: the gentlelady from california rise? ms. lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one mi nute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. lee: thank you, mr.

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Speech By: Mario Diaz-Balart