House Proceeding on May 1st, 2008 :: 1:19:54 to 1:27:38
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Speech By: John D. Dingell

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John D. Dingell: democrat congress and the promise is nowhere to be seen. this congress has put forward no plan. have taken no,, and passed no bills to lower gas prices. the promised relief at the pum top lower gas

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: prices, and they have done nothing. madam speaker, at this time i would like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record an article by investors business daily posted april 29, 2008,

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Speech By: Howard P. Buck McKeon

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: and it states, and i quote, this congress is possibly the most irresponsible in modern history. this is especially true when it comes to america's dysfunctional energy policy, unquote. . the

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. hastings: madam speaker, we know we must work together, republicans, democrats, the house and the senate, and the president

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: to solve america's pain at the pump. until this happens, however, we should not deny good ideas from being considered. therefore, i will be urginmy colleagues to defeat the previous question

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: so that i can amend the rule to make in order any bill that will have, and i quote, the effect of lowering national average gas price per gallon of regular unleaded gas, unquote. let's defeat

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: the previous question and show america that congress is serious about addressing the rising cost at the pump. with that i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: gentleman from washington reserves his time.re the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: since i will be the last speaker on my side i will reserve. mr. ha stings: i understand that the

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: gentlelady from new york is the last speaker on her side? ms. slaughter: yes. i'm inquiring if you're ready to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york will reserve. the

1:21:48 to 1:22:01( Edit History Discussion )

Howard P. Buck McKeon: gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: with that, madam speaker, i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: madam speaker, americans

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: don't want to debate on the problems causing gas prices to dramatically increase. they want to debate on solutions. therefore, as i stated a moment ago, i'll be asking my colleagues to vote no

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: on the previous question so that members can offer solutions that have the effect of lowering national gas price per gallon of regular unleaded gas. as i mentioned, two years ago then minority

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: leader nancy pelosi promised americans a democratic plan to lower gas prices at the pump. they controlled congress for 16 months but we have not seen this plan. meanwhile, the cost of gasoline

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: is setting record highs. the time is now for the house to debate ideas and solutions for lowering gas prices. and it is time for the democrats to refeel their plan that they promised two years

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: ago. so, madam speaker, by defeating the previous question, i will move to amend the rule to allow any bill to be offered and consider under suspensions of the rule that would have the

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: effect of lowering the national average pre per gallon of unleaded gas. i ask unanimous consent to have the text of the amendment and extraneous material inserted in the record prior to the vote

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: on on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: madam speaker, i urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that i ask have a debate and

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: so that we can consider these vitally important issues that amica's families, workers, truckers, small business and entire economy face with these rising prices of gasoline. with that i yield

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington yields back his time. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, madam speaker. while i have not

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: planned to be here this morning to debate gas prices, i feel compelled to put a few things on the record. everybody knows that exxonmobil announced the first quarter profits totaling $11 billion,

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up 17% from last year. and just shy of record profits last quarter. b.p. announced profits increased 60%, royal dutch shell 30%. now while my colleagues say we have done nothing, the fact is

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we've done a great deal and they've almost consistently voted against it. for exple, we've tried more than once to take away the federal subsidy to these oil companies to the big five

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because they are awash in money and we see they shouldn't get more from the taxpayers than they are getting at the pump. the president calls for the same policies that he's done all along.

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: sort of hopes for the best and for the last seven years, the congressional republicans and president bush dolled out billions of dollars in subsidies to the big oil companies instead of

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: working for an energy independence plan, which was rarely discussed during their tenure. speaker pelosi has called on president bush to suspend purchases of oil for the stay triegic petroleum

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: reserve temporarily. that would go a long way. we've done this before, but president bush doesn't think it would affect the price. on friday, the new direction congress called on the federal

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: trade commission to enforce the law and to investigate record gas prices and possible market manipulation. under the energy independence and security act of 2007, the f.t.c. has the authority

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: but will not take it to exercise the power to protect the consumer from skyrocketing energy costs. that is the republican administration. the energy independence and security act of

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: 2007 also included landmark provisions to make cars and trucks more efficient, to promote the use of more affordable american biofuels, and the new fuel standards will reduce our oil consumption

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: by 1.1 million barrels per day by 2020 and will save american families $700 to $1,000 per year at the pump. that is under the republican -- the democrats in congress. we've also passed

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Howard P. Buck McKeon: legislation in this house to crack down on oil price gouging, to hold opec accountable for oil price fixing, again, as i said, to repeal the subsidies for big oil so we can reinvest in energy

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Fortney Pete Stark: futures. however, president bush and the republicans blocked these efforts every step of the way. cracking down on oil price gouging was opposed by 140 republicans in the house, including all of

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Speech By: Fortney Pete Stark