House Proceeding on Jul 17th, 2008 :: 1:52:02 to 1:55:30
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Peter Welch: would yield three minutes to my colleague from new hampshire, mr. hodes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new hampshire is recognized for three minutes. mr. hodes: thank you, mr. speaker.

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Paul Hodes: i thank my distinguished colleague from vermont, mr. welch, for yielding. mr. speaker, i am not shocked but disappointed to hear the callous and cynical suggestions from my colleagues on the

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Speech By: Paul Hodes

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Paul Hodes: other side of the aisle that democrats are responsible for the inflation in gas prices that so many americans are suffering from today. that somehow in the past two years it is the democratic

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Paul Hodes: energy policy that has caused the inflation in the price of oil and gas. let us remember that we have two oil men in the white house and $4 a gallon gas today. let us remember that we have

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Paul Hodes: an energy policy that was made in secret by the vice president, by the oil companies, for the oil companies and of the oil companies and today we are reaping the benefits of that secret energy

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Paul Hodes: policy on which we have been stone walled time and time again. mr. speaker, we have 68 million acres of land availab ale on and offshore on which the oil companies could drill. we have the

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Paul Hodes: national petroleum reserve in alaska on which the oil companies can drill. 81% of all known oil reserves are available to drill on right now. the estimates are that there's a 1-year supply just

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Paul Hodes: waiting -- 14-year supply just waiting for big oil to put metal to the ground, put metal to the ground and drill. that's why i rise in support of this bill. all the oil companies have to do

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Paul Hodes: is to start drilling on available land and they can help increase supply and help consumers. calls from the white house and their allies on the other size of the aisle who somehow claim that

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Paul Hodes: we should open anwr and offshore areas to drilling which in 20 or 30 years might start producing are cynical attemp to deflect us from the real challenges that americans face today and that

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Paul Hodes: we face as a nation in going forward to a new energy policy. it's estimated that about -- the average american would spend about $57,800 before the first drop of oil could be produced from anwr.nw

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Paul Hodes: so what's the point to deflect us from the pain that americans are feeling now, to try to point fingers and to set us aside from changing our energy policy? what part of drill now don't the oil

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Paul Hodes: companies understand? what part of drill now don't my colleagues understand? no one is stopping the oil companies from dill -- drilling. it's time to drill now, help the american people with

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Paul Hodes: gas prices, heating oil costs. thank you, mr. speaker, i i yield back. this bill says drill now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new hampshire yields back the balance of his

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Paul Hodes: time. the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch, reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas, mr. sessions, is recognized. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. i think it's interesting

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Pete Sessions: he says drill now and yet -- but we can't drill where the oil is. anwr is 19 million acres. we need less acreage than is the size of 1/9 of dallas-fort worth international airport. we don't need