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No Recess for Congress

Floor Speech

Date: Aug. 1, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas Energy


NO RECESS FOR CONGRESS -- (Extensions of Remarks - August 01, 2008)

SPEECH OF
HON. JERRY MORAN
OF KANSAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008

* Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Madam Speaker, For years, this country has needed a national energy policy that increases the supply of energy, promotes renewable and alternative fuels, and encourages conservation. Kansans deserve action and they need it now. Instead, we have a Democratic Congress blaming the Republican President and both parties trying to score political points in the November election.

* After failing to convince my colleagues to stay and work, rather than take an August recess, I voted against Congress adjourning. Now is the time for Congress to adopt a plan to increase supplies and reduce demand. We should stay in Washington until this work is done. The price of gas at the pump, and the cost businesses and farmers face for fuel and fertilizer, tell me that it should not be business as usual in Washington, DC.


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