House Proceeding on May 7th, 2009 :: 0:04:25 to 0:05:25
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Joseph R. Pitts: c.h.c. towards comprehensive immigration reform. mother's day this sunday. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. pitts: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

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Speech By: Joseph R. Pitts

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Joseph R. Pitts: without objection. mr. pitts: madam speaker, in 1994 the e.p.a. enacted legislation requiring additives derived from renewable sources for our nation's fuel suppli. this policy caed problems as corn ethanol pushed up food prices and turned out to be far less beneficial for the environment than originally thought. with some studies even including that ethanol may be worse for the vironment than gasoline. now over a decade later the

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Joseph R. Pitts: e.p.a. has ruled that passed it with regulating greenhouse actions. regulations are soon to follow. this fact is being held over our heads by some who claim it is better to let congress regulate emissions. the act was never intended to regulate carbon and we can pass legislation to make that clear. congress should stop

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Joseph R. Pitts: unaccountable bureaucrats from