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THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON
THIS VOTE --
ON
THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 406,
THE NAYS ARE 22.
THE BILL IS PASSED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION
TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE
TABLE.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE
20, PROCEEDINGS WILL RESUME ON
MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES
PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS WAS A
VOTE ON THE MOTION FROM THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR.
BARTON TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
PASS H.R. 2417 ON WHICH THE
YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE
H.R. 2417.
OF THE BILL.
A BILL TO REPEAL CERTAIN
AMENDMENTS TO THE ENERGY POLICY
AND CONSERVATION ACT WITH
RESPECT TO LIGHTING, ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
THE
QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE
SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE
BILL?
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON
THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 233,
THE NAYS ARE 193.
2/3 NOT BEING IN THE
ONE RECORDED AS PRESENT.
AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE NOT
SUSPENDED AND THE BILL IS NOT
PASSED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH RISE?
I SEND TO THE DESK
A PRIVILEGED REPORT FROM THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR FILING
UNDER THE RULE.
CLERK
WILL REPORT THE TITLE.
RESOLUTION PROVIDING
FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2018
TO PRESERVE THE AUTHORITY OF
EACH STATE TO MAKE
DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO THE
STATE'S WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
REFERRED TO THE HOUSE CALENDAR
AND ORDERED PRINTED.
FROM -- FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
I WAS ON
OFFICIAL BUSINESS ON LAST
FRIDAY, JULY 8, WITH THE
PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THE LAST
SHUTTLE LAUNCHED IN FLORIDA, THE
ATLANTIS, A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
FOR MY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,
AND I MIGHT SAY, A MIGHTY
MAGNIFICENT EXPRESSION OF
AMERICA'S GENIUS.
BECAUSE OF THAT, I MISSED THE
FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTES WHICH
I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT INTO THE
RECORD AND I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THAT THEY BE PLACED
APPROPRIATELY.
ROLL CALL VOTE NUMBER 521 AND
THESE WERE UNDER THE DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, I WOULD
HAVE VOTED YES.
ROLL CALL VOTE 522, I WOULD HAVE
VOTED NO.
ROLL CALL VOTE 523, I WOULD HAVE
VOTED YES.
ROLL CALL VOTE REAFFIRMING THE
UNITED STATES' COMMITMENT TO A
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT TO THE
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES, I WOULD HAVE
VOTED AYE.
FOR FRIDAY, JULY 8, WHEN I
MISSED VOTES FOR THAT REASON,
OFFICIAL BUSINESS, ROLL CALL
VOTE NUMBER 525, I WOULD HAVE
VOTED NO.
526, I WOULD HAVE VOTED NO.
527, I WOULD HAVE VOTED NO.
ROLL CALL 528 WHICH INTERFERES
WITH THE CHAPLAIN'S DUTIES IN
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, I
WOULD HAVE VOTED A RESOUNDING
NO.
529, NO.
530, I WOULD HAVE VOTED NO.
AND ROLL CALL VOTE 533, I WOULD
HAVE VOTED YES.
I ASK RESPECTFULLY FOR THESE
VOTE REPRESENTATIONS TO BE
PLACED IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE
IN THE RECORD.
I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL REQUESTS.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
REQUESTED FOR MR. NEUGEBAUER FOR
MONDAY, JULY 11.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
THE REQUEST IS GRANTED.
THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN
ONE-MINUTE REQUESTS.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
POINTS THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
BRING REALLY TO THE ATTENTION OF
MY COLLEAGUES AND TO INDICATE
THAT I HOPE WE CAN DO BETTER.
THAT'S MY MESSAGE.
I HOPE WE CAN DO BETTER.
I HOPE WE CAN DO BETTER THAN
HAVING TWO PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY SIGN A PLEDGE THAT WOULD
SUGGEST THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT
CHILDREN OF SLAVES WERE MUCH
BETTER OFF THAN THE CHILDREN OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS TODAY.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF
SINGLE PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES RAISING CHILDREN,
BUT JUST READ THE SAVES'
NARRATIVES AND THE BIOGRAPHY OF
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, THERE WAS NO
MARRIAGE BETWEEN SLAVES AND
CHILDREN WERE TORN AWAY AND
THOSE WHO HAD GIVEN BIRTH AND
THEY WERE TORN AWAY FROM EACH
OTHER.
SLAVERY WAS A DESTRUCTIVE PART
OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE ARE
NEGOTIATING THE DEBT CEILING, WE
SHOULD NOT HAVE LEADERS IN THE
ROOM THAT MAKE A STATEMENT THAT
WE'LL HAVE NO RESOLUTION BECAUSE
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS PRESIDENT.
I'M INSULTED AND OFFENDED AND IT
IS NOT BECOMING AS ADULTS.
IT IS RACEIST AND HYPOCRITICAL.
UNDER
THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY
OF JANUARY 5, 2011, MR. DUNCAN
IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60 MINUTES.
THE LAST CONGRESS
WAS KNOWN OOSE TAXATION AND
REGULATION.
THIS CONGRESS IS WORKING TO BE
THE CONGRESS OF FREE MARKETS,
ACHIEVING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
AND JOB CREATION.
BACK IN MAY, THE HOUSE PASSED
THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION
DESIGNED TO HELP END OUR
DEPENDENCE ON MIDDLE EASTERN OIL
AND ALLOWING DEEP SEA ENERGY
EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION.
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT AMERICAN ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND HOW ENERGY AS A
SEGUE INTO JOB CREATION, HOW WE
CAN PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK.
AS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES,
WE PASSED THREE STRONG BILLS
THAT WOULD PUT AMERICA BACK TO
WORK ESPECIALLY IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO.
WE PASSED H.R. 1229.
THIS IS PUTTING THE GULF BACK TO
WORK ACT.
IT WOULD END THE
ADMINISTRATION'S MORATORIUM IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO IN A SAFE AND
TRANSPARENT MANNER BY SETTING
TIME LINES FOR CONSIDERING
PERMITS TO DRILL WHICH PROVIDES
SERPT AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GET
BACK ON THE JOB.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO AND LOOKED AT OFFSHORE
DRILLING AND ENERGY PRODUCTION.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
DRILLING AND PRODUCTION.
DRILLING IS FINDING THE OIL,
DRILLING THAT WILL AND MOVE A
PRODUCTION PLATFORM IN THERE TO
START PRODUCING THAT.
AND I TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUES
FROM LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND
TEXAS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
GULF STATES ARE HURTING BECAUSE
IT'S NOT THE BIG OIL COMPANIES
THAT ARE OUT OF WORK.
IT'S THE FOLKS THAT WORK ON
THOSE RIGS IN THE GULF DOING THE
LABOR TAPPING THAT AMERICAN
ENERGY RESOURCE AND THE FOLKS
BACK ON THE BEACH THAT ARE
PROVIDING THE SERVICE INDUSTRY,
THE ONES THAT GO OUT AND PROVIDE
THE FOOD AND THE TRANSPORTATION,
THE WORKERS GOING BACK AND
FORTH.
IT'S THE SHIP THAT PULL ANCHORS
WHEN THE DRILLING PLATFORM WANTS
TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
PIPE FITTERS BACK ONSHORE THAT
ARE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY
SERVICE TO THAT INDUSTRY.
WE WANT TO PUT THE GULF BACK TO
WORK.
WE URGE THE SENATE TO PASS H.R.
1229 THAT WE SENT OVER IN MAY
AND PUT THE GULF OF MEXICO BACK
TO WORK.
I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE
GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA, WHO IS
GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
IT WOULD REQUIRE THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT
OF MEXICO.
OFFSHORE LEASE SALES IN THE GULF
I SEVED ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL
SHELF FIVE-YEAR PLANNING
COMMITTEE AND LOOKED AT THE
LEASES ALL AROUND THE UNITED
STATES AND I KNOW WHAT A LONG
PROCESS IT IS TO HAVE A LEASE
SALE.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS FAILING
AMERICA BY NOT HAVING LEASE
SALES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO OR
OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA OR
ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF.
IT'S TIME TO RESTART THAT
PROGRAM SO WE CAN TAP THE
AMERICAN RESOURCES WE HAVE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
H.R. 1230 IS ANOTHER BILL WE
PASSED OUT ON MAY 5.
THE SENATE NEEDS TO ACT ON THAT
ONE, MR. SPEAKER.
WE PASSED IT WITH A BIPARTISAN
VOTE OF 266 TO 1489.
THE THIRD BILL, REVERSING THE
MORATORIUM ACT.
THIS WOULD LIFT THE PRESIDENT'S
BAN ON NEW OFFSHORE DRILLING BAN
AND REQUIRE HIM TO MOVE ON THE
LEASE PLAN WITH ENERGY
PRODUCTION AREAS CONTAINING THE
MOST OIL AND NATURAL GAS
RESOURCES.
THEY ARE OFF THE COAST OF
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND TEXAS
AND THEY ARE OFF THE COAST OF
SOUTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA AND
THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF AND
ALASKA SEA AND WE SAW THE E.P.A.
DENY SHELL OIL COMPANY A PERMIT.
THEY WERE READY TO GO AND HAD
THEIR DRILLING PERMIT BUT THE
E.P.A. DENIED THEM AN AIR
QUALITY PERMIT AND OUR DRILLING
PLATFORM DOES PLAYER OFF THE GAS
THAT SOMETIMES SEEPS THROUGH
WHEN THEY ARE DRILLING FOR OIL
AND FLAIL THAT GAS OFF TO STOP
THE EXPLOSION.
NATURAL GAS IS FLAIRED OFF AND
DENIED AN AIR QUALITY PERMIT
BECAUSE 70 MILES AWAY OFF THE
COAST, 70 MILES AWAY IS AN
INDIGENOUS VILLAGE OF 250
PEOPLE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO
KEEP US FROM HARVESTING OUR
NATURAL RESOURCES IN ALASKA BY
DENYING AN AIR QUALITY PERMIT BY
DENYING A PLATFORM IN THE SEA
BECAUSE IT MIGHT IMPACT A SMALL
VILLAGE IN ALASKA.
THAT'S THE KIND OF POLICIES WE
ARE DEALING WITH AND FIGHTING IN
THIS CONGRESS.
WE WANT TO PUT AMERICA BACK TO
WORK.
THINK ABOUT IT.
THE REFINING CAPACITY THAT NEEDS
TO BE EXPANDED AS WE EXPAND THE
HARVESTING OF OIL AND NATURAL
GAS.
IT HAS BEEN OVER 30 YEARS SINCE
WE HAD A NEW REFINERY PERMIT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT ENERGY AND
WE THINK ABOUT FOSSIL FUELS,
GAS.
HYDROCARBONS, OIL AND NATURAL
WHEN I TALK ABOUT ENERGY, I TALK
ABOUT EXPANDED NUCLEAR POWER AND
HOW ONE POWER PLANT CAN PUT
5,000 PEOPLE TO WORK, 10,000
PEOPLE TO WORK IN MY AREA.
WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION JOBS.
AND ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE
IS OVER WITH, WE'VE GOT
LONG-TERM, GOOD PAYING JOBS LIKE
WE HAVE AT THE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
NUCLEAR POWER IS A STABLE,
RELIABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
MODULARIZATION.
WE HAVE OVER 1 HIRKS SMALL
NUCLEAR REACTORS FLOATING AROUND
THE SEAS OF THE WORLD AND WE
HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE MISHAPPEN.
DO WE DO THAT FOR SMALL
COMMUNITIES AND SMALL CITIES
WITH SMALLER NUCLEAR REACTORS
LIKE WE HAVE ON AIRCRAFT
CARRIERS AND SUBMARINES.
RECENT STUDIES SHOW THAT THE
UNITED STATES IS POISED TO
CREATE THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS
NEXT YEAR ONLY IF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT STOPS BLOCKING THE
PERMITTING PROCESS.
THERE'S A STUDY THAT SAYS IN
ALASKA ALONE, THIS WAS CONDUCTED
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA,
OVER 54,000 JOBS COULD BE
CREATED AND SUSTAINED WITH
DEEP-SEA PRODUCTION IN ALASKA.
I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH DAKOTA WHO
WILL TELL YOU THEY HAVE THE
LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE
3.2%.
UNITED STATES.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY JOBS
THAT ARE BEING CREATED IN THE
OIL FIELD IN NORTH DAKOTA AND
WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE IT IS A WONDERFUL
SUCCESS STORY ON HOW
ENERGY-RELATED JOBS EXPAND THE
ECONOMY AND PUT AMERICANS BACK
TO WORK.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
WASHINGTON STATE WHO KNOWS THAT
PUTTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK
CAN HAPPEN IF WE HARVEST THE
NATURAL RESOURCES WE HAVE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
THIS IS JOB CREATION AND THE
BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO
EXPLORE FOR ENERGY HERE AND
DEVELOP OUR ENERGY RESOURCES AND
CONGRESSES.
I'M PLEASED TO BE PART OF THIS
WHEN I HEAR FROM PEOPLE FROM
BACK HOME, THEY SAY WE SENT YOU
TO WASHINGTON FOR SOLUTIONS AND
THAT IS WHAT THIS CONGRESS IS
ABOUT.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM OTHERS AND I
HELL PPED THE INITIATIVE THAT WE
HAVE STARTED TO BRING FORWARD
ENERGY SOLUTIONS THAT PUT
FORWARD JOBS FOR AMERICANS AND
I'M A SOLUTIONS-ON THE PARTED
PERSON.
SOLUTIONS ARE DEFINITELY WHAT
AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW AND I
SEE THAT FROM THE VANTAGE POINT
OF MY CORNER IN SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON STATE.
HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I MET WITH
THE OWNER OF SWANSON BARK IN
LONGVIEW AND BASICALLY, HIS
BUSINESS MOVES MATERIAL FOR THE
FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
INCLUDING BIOMASS FOR ENERGY
PRODUCERS.
THE FIRST PROBLEM WE HAVE
ENCOUNTERED AND HE HAS SEEN WITH
REGARD TO SOME OF THESE
REGULATIONS, WE HAVE A VERY
STRICT RULE THAT IS ON HOLD BUT
IF IMPLEMENTED, THEY WOULD COST
THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
ALONE $5 BILLION TO $7 BILLION
AND THAT IS NOT HIRING OR
EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS, BUT
COSTS WITH COMPLYING WITH
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RULES.
THOUSANDS OF MANUFACTURING IN
INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY USE INCINERATORS
MEANING THEY HAVE TO SPEND MORE
MONEY NOT TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE
BUT TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RULES.
INSTEAD OF STEPPING ON THE AIR
HOSE OF EMPLOYERS, I HAVE
CO-SPONSORED LEGISLATION AND A
SOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE
E.P.A. TO ALLOW THE RULE MORE
REASONABLE.
MAKES COMMON SENSE, RIGHT?
AND IT WOULD HELP THE INDUSTRY
OF BIOMASS AND THE JOBS THAT
WOULD COME WITH IT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA POINTED OUT THE ENERGY
EXPLORATION SOLUTIONS THAT WE
PASSED HERE OFF THIS HOUSE
FLOOR.
THIS IS ONE SOLUTION THAT I
THINK IS GOING TO HELP AND I
WANT TO ADD IT TO THOSE FOUR.
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
THERE ARE MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT
WHO ARE JOINING TOGETHER TO CALL
ON THE SENATE -- WE PASSED AT
LEAST FOUR BILLS THAT PROVIDE
AMERICAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS THAT
WILL PROMOTE AMERICAN ENERGY
JOBS.
THE SENATE NEEDS TO STEP UP.
I'M GOING TO SHARE FOR YOU AND
IT RATE THOSE BILLS THAT WE HAVE
PASSED.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO AMERICA'S
ENERGY SECURITY AND AMERICA'S
.
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
ONE WOULD REQUIRE E.P.A. TO
SPEED UP ITS APPROVAL FOR
ENERGY EXPLORATION IN ALASKA.
THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
DEVELOPING ENERGY HERE WOULD
HAVE PRODUCED A MILLION BARRELS
OF OIL PER DAY AND IT WOULD
CREATE MORE THAN 54,000
AMERICAN ENERGY JOBS.
NOW, NOT ALL OF US, LIKE THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH DAKOTA,
HAVE SUCH LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
RATES.
3%.
I THINK IT WAS QUOTED AS ABOUT
I WOULD BE DOING BACK FLIPS FOR
3% UNEMPLOYMENT.
IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WE'VE
HAD DOUBLE DIGIT UNEMPLOYMENT
FOR THREE-PLUS YEARS.
AND IT'S HORRIBLE.
SO WE NEED TO GET THESE THINGS
MOVING HERE IN AMERICA AND
CREATE THOSE JOBS ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT'S IN OUR REACH TO DO.
ONE OF THE OTHER SOLUTIONS WE
WORKED ON AS A TEAM WAS
REVERSING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
OFFSHORE MORATORIUM THIS WOULD
CONTRIBUTE OVER $1 -- OVER 1.2
MILLION NEW JOBS FOR AMERICANS
WHO ARE HURTING ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
800 MILLION IN REVENUE WOULD
HAVE COME IN FROM, IF THE
SENATE WOULD MOVE THIS BILL.
NOW AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
DEFICITS AND DEFICIT
REDUCTIONS, I AGREE WITH THE
SENATOR WHO SAID, WE DON'T NEED
NEW TAXES, WE NEED NEW
TAXPAYERS.
GET MANAGER PEOPLE TO WORK WILL
HELP US GET OUT OF THE DEBT
THIS COUNTRY IS FACING AND
CREATE MORE JOBS.
THE THIRD BILL WE WORKED ON AND
PASSED OFF THIS HOUSE, ONE OF
THE SLOUGHS WE HAVE ALREADY
PUSHED THROUGH THIS CHAMBER IS
THE PUTTING THE GULF BACK TO
WORKING AT.
THAT REINFORCES SAFETY MEASURES
THROUGH PERMITTING AND
INSPECTIONS WHILE INCREASING
AMERICAN ENERGY.
HOPE YOU'RE SENSING A THEME
HERE TONIGHT, AMERICAN ENERGY
SOLUTIONS AN AMERICAN JOBS.
THE FOURTH ONE THAT WE ARE
PLEASED TO GET OFF THIS FLOOR A
FEW MONTHS AGO WAS THE
RESTARTING THE AMERICAN
OFFSHORE LEASING ACT.
NOW THIS MOVES US FORWARD WITH
LEASE SALES POSTPONED BY THE
CRADMRGS.
HOSE?
I MENTIONED STEPPING ON THE AIR
A LOT OF PROPOSALS OUT OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAVE STEPPED ON
THE AIR HOSE FOR EMPLOYERS IN
OUR NATION AND IT'S GOT TO
STOP.
WE NEED TO INCREASE AMERICA'S
ENERGY SUPPLY, AND IT'S COMMON
SENSE.
ALL OF THESE COMMON SENSE
SOLUTIONS THAT INCREASE
AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION MAKE
IT CHEAPER FOR FAMILIES TO FILL
THEIR CAR WITH GAS, TO HEAT
THEIR HOMES, AND IT WOULD GIVE
RELIEF TO AMERICAN EMPLOYERS.
I'M MERELY ASKING, AND MY
COLLEAGUES HERE TONIGHT, WE'RE
MERELY ASKING THE SENATE TO
IMAGINE A FUTURE IN THE UNITED
STATES WHERE ENERGY IS ABUNDANT
AND AFFORDABLE AND WHERE WE
HAVEN'T RIDING THE ROLLER
COASTER OF HIGH GAS PRICES THAT
BASICALLY THOSE PRICES ARE SET
BY OTHER NATIONS THAT DON'T
LIKE US VERY MUCH.
SO I ENCOURAGE OUR SENATE
COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN
PASSING AN PURSUING MORE
SOLUTIONS LIKE THESE THAT THE
PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY DESERVE.
WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
I WAS OUT IN WASHINGTON STATE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, LOOKING AT
NUCLEAR POWER, TALKING ABOUT
REPROCESSING OF NUCLEAR SPENT
FUEL RODS AND HOW REPROCESSING
CAN DEAL WITH WASTE BY PRODUCTS
AND PROVIDE ENERGY SOURCE FOR
NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS.
NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE,
RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN FROM
OHIO, WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU
KNOW, THESE RESOURCES WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE IN AMERICA,
THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS
RESOURCES, DON'T BELONG TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
PEOPLE.
THEY BELONG TO THE AMERICAN
AND IT'S TIME THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SPEAK LOUDLY, THAT WE
WANT TO PUT AMERICANS BACK TO
WORK, PROVIDING AMERICAN
SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICAN ENERGY
ISSUES AND I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN
FROM OHIO WILL HAVE SOME
COMMENTS ON THAT, SO I
RECOGNIZE HIM.
I THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR THE
TIME.
WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT OVER 9% AND
RISING.
22 MILLION AMERICANS OUT OF
WORK.
AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING?
WE'RE GETTING AN ADMINISTRATION
WHOSE BUREAUCRATS HAVE GOT A
STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA'S
ENERGY FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, I STOOD
IN THIS CHAMBER JUST A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO WHEN THE PRIME
MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA ADDRESSED
A JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WILL
REMEMBER THAT.
AND THE PRIME MINISTER SAID
SOMETHING THAT WAS PROFOUND.
SHE RELATED A STORY SHE TALKED
ABOUT BEING A YOUNG GIRL,
SITTING IN FRONT OF HER
TELEVISION, AND WATCHING NEIL
ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALED RUN
LAND ON THE MOON AND THINKING
THOSE AMERICANS CAN DO
TO HERSELF, WOW.
ANYTHING.
SHE WENT ON TO GIVE HER SPEECH
AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE LONG
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA
AND AMERICA.
AND HOW WE HAVE SOLVED MANY OF
THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.
AT THE END OF HER SPEECH, SHE
SAID, YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
SHE SAID, I'M NOT THAT YOUNG
GIRL ANYMORE.
I'M THE PRIME MINISTER OF OUR
COUNTRY.
BUT TODAY, I STILL BELIEVE THAT
AMERICANS CAN DO ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PROFOUND AND
I THINK FOR MANY OF US, IT WAS
LIKE YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP
HERE IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER.
BECAUSE WHAT SHE SAID WAS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HEAR
FROM OUR NATIONAL LEADERS.
AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT KIND
OF LEADERSHIP HERE IN AMERICA
TODAY.
I BELIEVE THAT AMERICANS CAN DO
ANYTHING.
WE SAW WHEN PRESIDENT KENKY --
KENNEDY DECIDED WE WERE GOING
TO GO TO THE MOON IN 10 YEARS.
HE MOBILIZED THE ACADEMIC
INSTITUTION.
HE ENGAGED THE INDUSTRIAL BASE.
OUR MILITARY, OUR POLITICAL
WILL.
OUR ECONOMIC WILL.
EVERY FABRIC OF OUR CULTURE WAS
FOCUSED ON THAT GOAL.
I REMEMBER AS A YOUNG BOY
WATCHING THE SPACE RACE SHOT
FROM SCHOOL OR BEING SENT HOME
BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A NATIONAL
HOLIDAY.
WE HAD A NATIONAL VISION.
WE SAW INDUSTRIES CROP UP.
WE SAW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
JOBS CREATE.
WE SAW YOUNG PEOPLE GOING INTO
DISCIPLINES THAT WOULD PREPARE
THEM FOR CAREERS IN AEROSPACE.
AND ASTRONAUTICS.
AND OTHER DISCIPLINES TO
SUPPORT OUR CONQUEST OF THE
SPACE FRONTIER.
I AM SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF
THIS HOUSE ENERGY ACTION TEAM
BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE
THAT SAME TYPE OF NATIONAL
VISION AROUND ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY.
I BELIEVE IF WE HAD A NATIONAL
VISION THAT SAID, LOOK, OVER
THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE'RE
DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND,
STARTING TODAY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH A
GOAL TO BE ENERGY SECURE AND
ENERGY INDEPENDENT OVER THE
NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DRILL FOR
OUR OWN OIL.
WE'RE GOING TO DRILL FOR OUR
OWN NATURAL GAS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MINE
COAL AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN
HOW TO USE IT, ENVIRONMENTALLY
SOUNDLY AND SAFELY.
WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND OUR
NUCLEAR FOOTPRINT.
ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ENERGY
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
LIKE WIND AND SOLAR AND FIND
OUT WHERE THEY FIT IN TO OUR
OVERALL ENERGY PROFILE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
IS SIT ON THE SIDELINES ANY
LONGER AND DEPEND UPON FOREIGN
SOURCES FOR OUR ENERGY AND PUT
FUTURE GENERATIONS AT RISK.
I BELIEVE IF WE HAD THAT KIND
OF VISION, WE WOULD AGAIN SEE
INDUSTRIES CROP UP.
WE WOULD SEE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF JOBS CREATED AS A
RESULT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
WOULD LEARN THOUSAND PRODUCE
AND STORE AND USE ENERGY IN
WAYS THAT WE HAVE NEVER, EVER
IMAGINED BECAUSE GUESS WHAT,
AMERICANS CAN DO ANYTHING.
WITH A NATIONAL VISION AROUND
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND
PUT BACK TO WORK.
SECURITY, AMERICANS WOULD BE
I LIVE IN A DISTRICT AND
REPRESENT A DISTRICT WHERE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE POPPING
UP WELL OVER 10%.
SOME OF THEM 12-PLUS PERCENT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PEOPLE
FROM MY DISTRICT HAVE LOST HOPE
IN THE AMERICAN DREAM.
WE NEED A NATIONAL VISION
AROUND ENERGY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS HOUSE IS
PROMOTING.
THAT'S WHAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I
ARE STRIVING FOR.
I, TOO, URGE THE SENATEIC TAKE
ACTION ON THESE BILLS.
GET AMERICA BACK TO WORK AND
LET'S SECURE AMERICA'S ENERGY
FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE
SOME TIME.
I YIELD BACK.
I DO BELIEVE IN AMERICA'S
GREATNESS.
AND THE WORLD IS LOOKING TO
AMERICA TO BE GREAT AGAIN.
I TRAVELED AROUND MY DISTRICT
RECENTLY AND ASKED FOLKS ABOUT
RISING GAS PRICES AND THE
IMPACT THAT THEY WERE HAVING ON
THE FAMILY BUDGET.
HOW THEY WERE
HAVING TO REACH DEEPER INTO
THEIR POCKET AND NOT TAKE OUT
THE $20 BILL BUT TAKE OUT THE
$100 BILL TO FILL UP THE TANK
FOR THEIR FAMILY FOR THEIR
NORMAL COMMUTE, GRESSRY
SHOPPING, OTHER THINGS THEY DO,
AMERICANS ARE HURTING.
BUT THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO WAS
ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES
COMMITTEE AND WHEN WE PASSED
THOSE BILLS OUT TO THIS FLOOR
AND PASSED THOSE BILLS OUT FROM
THIS FLOOR TO THE SENATE, YOU
SAW AN IMMEDIATE REACTION BY
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING WE
NEED TO HARVEST AMERICAN
RESOURCES AND CREATE DOMESTIC
ENERGY.
THE ACTION OF THIS, WE SAW A 15
CENT PER GALLON REDUCTION IN
GASOLINE IN MY DISTRICT.
THAT'S KIND OF IMPACT THE KIND
OF SIGNALS WE CAN SEND TO THE
MARKET BY DOING THE RIGHT THING
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN
FOCUSING ON DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION, PUTTING AMERICANS
BACK TO WORK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA
CAME FROM THE OIL AND NATURAL
GAS INDUSTRY.
WE AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT
THAT THE MORATORIUM AND THE DE
FACTO MORATORIUM HAS HAD ON THE
ECONOMIES IN THE GULF STATES.
IT IS NOT ONLY THE LOSS OF JOBS
AND THE INCOME TAXES THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BUT THE
LOSS OF REVENUE TO THE STATES
IF THE ROYALTIES THAT THEY GET
FROM THE OIL AND NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION.
BUT IN THIS COUNTRY, IN A TIME
WHEN WE'RE HURTING
ECONOMICALLY, FROM LOSS OF JOBS
AND THE LESSENING OF INCOME
REVENUE TO THIS COUNTRY, KEEP
IN MIND THAT I BELIEVE SECOND
ONLY TO, WELL, ACTUALLY, THIRD
ONLY TO INCOME TAX REVENUE,
CORPORATE INCOME TAX AN OTHER
REVENUE AND BORROWING, THE
REVENUE THIS COUNTRY RECEIVES
FROM OIL AND NATURAL GAS
ROYALTIES IS THIRD ONLY TO
THOSE TWO THINGS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA
BECAUSE HE'S GOT A UNIQUE STORY
TO TELL.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA.
I THANK HIM FOR SPEAKING TODAY
ON WHAT I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT AREAS IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR GETTING OUR ECONOMY
BACK ON TRACK.
I WANT TO SHARE
WITH HIM AND THE REST OF YOU
ALL AND EMAIL I RECEIVED TODAY,
TODAY.
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL IN A SAID,
JEFF, MY WIFE FINALLY CONVINCED
ME TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND
UPDATE YOU ON WHERE I AM IN
LOUISIANA.
IT SAYS, I STILL HAVE NOT
RETURNED TO WORK.
BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE I MAY GO
TO WORK IN EARLY AUGUST AND I'M
GOING TO BE HEADED OUT TO A
PARTICULAR BLOCK OUT IN THE
DEEP WATERS OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO TO DO A P&A JOB, A PLUG
AND ABANDONMENT JOB.
THIS ISN'T LOOKING FOR MORE OIL
AND GAS OR PRODUCING MORE OIL
AND GAS.
SO THIS IS NOT LOOKING FOR MORE
RESOURCES.
HE SAID I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE'LL
GET BACK TO COMPLETING OR
DRILLING WELLS.
THIS MORATORIUM IS BEGINNING TO
IMPACT ME.
I'M FORTUNATE MY COMPANY HAS
KEPT ME ON SINCE I'M A
CONSULTANT, NOT AN EMPLOYEE,
BUT MY INCOME IS DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY AND MY CONCERNS
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO HAS ME LOOKING
ELSEWHERE.
I RECENTLY TURNED DOWN AN
OPPORTUNITY IN MALAYSIA BUT MAY
NOT TURN IT DOWN AGAIN.
AT A TIME WHEN OUR COUNTRY IS
HURTING, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE
THAT OUR LEADERS ARE PUTTING
MORE OF US OUT OF WORK, YET
STILL GIVING MONEY TO OTHER
COUNTRIES.
THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS --
SPENDING AND TOTAL DISCONCERN
FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE OF THIS
COUNTRY IS WEARING ON US.
IT IS ALSO ANNOYING TO SEE THAT
ONE OF THE FIRST CUTS TO
GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS IN
EDUCATION BUT NUMEROUS OTHER
ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS CONTINUE
TO KEEP MONEY GOING TOWARD
THEM.
HE'S FED UP.
AND YOU KNOW THE SAD PART, THE
SAD PART ABOUT THIS IS, IS THAT
THIS IS AN AMERICAN WORKER.
AND OUR GOVERNMENT IS BASICALLY
SAYING TO HIM A GUY WHO HAS A
TRADE, WHO IS PLYING HIS TRADE,
THAT YOU CAN NO LONGER PLY THAT
TRADE IN THIS COUNTRY.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO EARN
A LIVING FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOU
NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
YOU NEED TO GO TO BRAZIL OR
MALAYSIA OR TO EGYPT.
AND FOLLOW THE RIGS OUT OF THE
GULF OF MEXICO, OUT OF THIS
COUNTRY IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR
JOB.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE BASICALLY TELLING
AMERICANS RIGHT NOW THAT WE
DON'T LIKE THE JOB THAT YOU'VE
BEEN DOING, REGARDLESS OF HOW
DANGEROUS IT WAS AND REGARDLESS
OF HOW MANY WEEKS AWAY FROM YOUR
FAMILY OFFSHORE YOU SPENT,
CHRISTMASES, EASTERS, THAT
DOESN'T COUNT.
YOUR JOB ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR
THIS COUNTRY ANYMORE.
YOU NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY -- IT'S
ABSURD.
WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN
THIS COUNTRY TO DO ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT FIX THE ECONOMY, WE
CAN REDUCE THE DEFICIT JUST LIKE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA -- WE COULD BY
INCREASING DRILLING IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND DOMESTICALLY, WE
COULD SEND AN ADDITIONAL $1.7
BILLION, $1.7 BILLION TO THE
TREASURY TO REDUCE OUR DEFICIT,
SIMPLY BY INCREASING OUR
DRILLING ACTIVITY.
WE COULD INCREASE EMPLOYMENT.
WE ALL KNOW WE NEED IT.
THE JOB NUMBERS CAME OUT LAST
WEEK, 9.% UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE'RE NOT CREATING -- 9.2%
UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE'RE NOT CREATING JOBS.
WE CAN CREATE JOBS BY DRILLING
DOMESTICALLY AND I'M NOT TALKING
MINIMUM WAGE JOBS, THERE IS NOT
A PERSON IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
ON A DRILLING PLATFORM WHO MAKES
MINIMUM WAGE.
THOSE JOBS PAY GOOD MONEY.
SO WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN REDUCE OUR DEFICIT, WE
CAN REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT AND YOU
KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO?
WE CAN LOWER THE PRICE OF ENERGY
FOR AMERICANS OUT THERE.
DRILLING DOMESTICALLY DOES ALL
THREE, CREATES JOBS, REDUCES THE
DEFICIT AND DECREASES ENERGY
COSTS TO AMERICANS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
IT LOWERS THE PRICE AT THE PUMP.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SUPPLY AFFECTS
THE MARKET.
WHEN HE WENT OUT THERE AND
RELEASED MILLIONS OF BARRELS, 30
MILLION BARRELS OUT OF THE
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
IT'S THE WRONG RESERVE, MR.
PRESIDENT.
THE PROPER RESERVE IS IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO AND IN ALASKA AND
ELSEWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA FOR GIVING ME
THIS TIME.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
WE HAVE A HURRICANE?
WE'RE IN HURRICANE SEASON AND
WE'VE RELEASED 30 BILLION
GALLONS FROM THE RESERVE?
WE'RE NOT THERE FOR THAT
PURPOSE?
THAT IS WHY.
THAT'S WHY PARTS OF THIS WHEN WE
DID RELEASE OIL FROM THE
STRATEGIC PRESERVE WAS EXACTLY
THAT INSTANCE, WHEN HURRICANE
KATRINA AFFECTED THE REFINERIES
AND THE PRODUCTION PLATFORMS IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE SHOULD NOT BE USING THAT
RESERVE UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY.
I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'VE HIT
ON SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE
NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT IN THIS
CONGRESS AND THAT IS THE
ADMINISTRATION TAKING THE EASY
ROAD, TRYING TO LESSEN FUEL
.
PRICES AT THE PUMP FOR AMERICANS
THERE IS A SHORT-TERM, SHORT
LIVED IMPACT IF IT HAD ANY
IMPACT AT ALL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS OF
THE ADMINISTRATION HAVING A
ENCOURAGING
DRILL THERE AND NOT HERE POLICY.
EXPLORATION AND DRILLING OFF THE
COAST OF BRAZIL WHEN WE'VE GOT
THE RESOURCES RIGHT HERE IN THIS
COUNTRY, OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
OFF THE COAST OF MY STATE OR OFF
THE COAST OF VIRGINIA WHERE THEY
HAVE AN ENERGY POLICY THAT WANTS
TO TAP THOSE RESOURCES.
IN THE ALASKAN SEA OFF THE COAST
WHERE WHERE HE WE KNOW THERE'S
PROVEN OIL AND NATURAL GAS
RESOURCES.
AND EXPANSION IN DEEPWATER, IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH DAKOTA
KNOWS ALL TOO WELL WHAT ENERGY
PRODUCTION MEANS FOR JOBS.
THE OIL FORMATION IN NORTH
DAKOTA AND MONTANA AND UP INTO
CANADA EVEN HAS TREMENDOUS
RESOURCES THAT CAN BE HARVESTED.
THERE'S AN ESTIMATED 12 BILLION
BARRELS OF OIL IN NORTH DAKOTA
ALONE.
I HOPE YOU'LL TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT THAT JOBS CREATED IN
NORTH DAKOTA HAS DONE ON THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
I RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN FROM
NORTH DAKOTA.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER.
WE KNOW THE TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL
OF ENERGY PRODUCTION HERE IN
AMERICA.
RECENT STUDIES SHOW JUST HOW
MUCH ENERGY WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
IN FACT, BY 2020 IN THE WEST WE
COULD PRODUCE AS MUCH OIL AND
GAS AS THE U.S. IS CURRENTLY
IMPORTING FROM SAUDI ARABIA,
IRAQ, KUWAIT, CLOMYARKS ALGERIA,
NIGERIA -- COLOMBIA, ALGERIA AND
NIGERIA AND RUSSIA COMBINED.
THE WEST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION
BARRELS OF OIL EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT'S MORE THAN ARE OUR CURRENT
IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA, IRAQ,
KUWAIT COMBINED.
IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT CREATING
AMERICAN JOBS, SERIOUS ABOUT
LOWERING ENERGY PRICES AND
BREAKING OUR DEPENDENCE ON
FOREIGN OIL WE MUST INVEST IN
ENERGY RESOURCES AND RESERVES
WITHIN OUR BORDERS.
IN NORTH DAKOTA WE KNOW THE
POTENTIAL OF OIL AND NATURAL
GAS.
THE LAST U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
ESTIMATED THAT THE FIELD HELD
NEARLY FOUR MILLION BARRELS OF
RECOVERABLE OIL BUT THE NEW
ESTIMATES AS THE GENTLEMAN FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA SAID SAYS THAT
THE FORMATION OFFERS AT LEAST 12
BILLION BARRELS OF RECOVERABLE
OIL.
WE PRODUCE 355 BARRELS OF OIL
EACH DAY.
WE ARE HOME TO THE LARGEST
DEPOSITS OF COAL IN THE WORLD.
OUR STATE HOLDS TREMENDOUS WIND
POTENTIAL AS WELL.
AND WE'VE ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF
JOBS TO NORTH DAKOTA.
IT'S PROJECTED BY 2020 THE JOBS
IN THE OIL INDUSTRY WILL
INCREASE BY OVER 16,000, THAT'S
A DIRECT RESULT OF DEVELOPING
THESE ENERGY RESOURCES IN NORTH
DAKOTA D.
IT'S LIKE A -- NORTH DAKOTA.
IT'S LIKE A 35% INCREASE OVER
THE 2010 LEVELS.
NORTH DAKOTA'S UNEMPLOYMENT IS
LESS THAN 3.5%, IT'S 3.2%.
IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE
THE DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE
WE CAN'T FIND ENOUGH PEOPLE TO
WORK.
IN THAT COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT IS
BELOW 1%, STARTING WAGES FOR
PEOPLE ARE OVER $80,000, WE NEED
PEOPLE TO HELP INCREASE THE
SUPPLY OF OIL.
I JUST THINK EVERY DAY WHEN I
COME -- WHEN I'M OUT HERE AND
COMING BACK FROM NORTH DAKOTA,
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO IF OUR
APPROACH AS WE DO IN NORTH
WHOLE COUNTRY HAD THE SAME
DAKOTA.
THE JOBS THAT WE COULD CREATE
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND THE
SECURITY THAT WE COULD PROTECT
WITHIN OUR COUNTRY BY REDUCING
OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
WE COULD REDUCE OUR 9.2%
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IF WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THE
BURDENSOME REGULATIONS WHICH ARE
PREVENTING BUSINESSES FROM
CREATING AMERICAN JOBS.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO RESTRICT
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND PREVENT
JOBS FROM BEING CREATED.
YET THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE
PRESIDENT'S POLICIES HAVE DONE.
IN FACT, I KIND OF JOKED IF YOU
WANT TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT NOT TO
DO TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY AND
LOWER THE PRICE AND REDUCE THE
COST OF ENERGY FOR INDIVIDUALS
AND BUSINESSES AND SMALL
BUSINESSES ACROSS AMERICA, LOOK
AT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE IN
OUR NATION'S CAPITOL.
THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICIAL
MORATORIUM ON DRILLING COST
12,000 JOBS.
DECLINING ENERGY PRODUCTION IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO IS COSTING
THE U.S. OVER $4.7 MILLION A DAY
IN LOST REVENUE.
OVERREACHING GOVERNMENT
REGULATIONS CONTINUE TO HINDER
THE ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE
UNITED STATES, WITH THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS STILL OUT OF WORK AND
PRICES AT THE PUMP REMAINING
HIGH.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SLOW DOWN
OUR ENERGY GROWTH, NOW IS THE
TIME TO INVEST IN OUR OWN ENERGY
RESOURCES.
WE NEED A LONG-TERM, COMMONSENSE
ENERGY PLAN LIKE EMPOWER IN
NORTH DAKOTA.
WE NEED A PLAN THAT WILL LOWER
ENERGY COSTS, THAT WILL CREATE
JOBS AND BREAK OUR DEPENDENCE ON
FOREIGN OIL.
WE DID IT IN NORTH DAKOTA, WE
CAN DO IT ACROSS AMERICA.
WE CAN CREATE GOOD PAYING
AMERICAN JOBS, WE CAN LOWER
ENERGY PRICES AND WE CAN BREAK
OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
IT'S TIME TO WORK TOGETHER TO
END THE OVERREGULATION, TO
ENCOURAGE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND
TO WORK TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S
ENERGY POTENTIAL.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, THE TIME IS NOW.
THE TIME IS NOW TO STOP THE
POLICIES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION
OF TAKING FEDERAL LAND OFF THE
TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO WIND,
SOLAR AND HYDROGEN.
THE WIND FARMS, THERE'S A BILL
IN OUR COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH
OBSTACLES TO WIND FARMS OFF THE
COAST, TO THE FEDERAL LAND IN
THE WEST THAT'S OFF THE TABLE
FOR SOLAR.
LAND THAT'S OWNED BY YOU, THE
TAXPAYER, THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
FOR NEW SOLAR PANELS AND SOLAR
TECHNOLOGY AND WIND FARMS AND
EXPANSION OF THE POWER GRID AND
POWER CABLES AND TRANSMISSION
LINES.
AND I TELL YOU, THE FOLKS IN
OKLAHOMA HAVE KNOWN ENERGY
PRODUCTION FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I WAS TALKING TO A GENTLEMAN
FROM OKLAHOMA EARLIER ABOUT A
NEW TECHNOLOGY TO LESSEN OUR
DEPENDENCE ON MIDDLE EASTERN OIL
BY USING THE GRAY MATTER THAT
GOD GAVE US TO CREATE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND SO I WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN FROM
OKLAHOMA TO SHARE SOME EXCITING
NEWS WITH US COMING OUT OF HIS
GREAT STATE.
THANK YOU.
OUR ENERGY.
LET ME TAKE YOU BACK A LITTLE
BIT.
I'M 43 YEARS OLD, I CAN REMEMBER
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I WAS
ALLOWED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
THE DEBATE TEAM IN HIGH SCHOOL,
IT WAS MY HONOR TO BE THE
LITTLEST GUY IN THE MIDDLE OF
THIS HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TIME --
TEAM.
THE DEBATE TOPIC
AMERICA SHOULD PURSUE
WAS RESOLVE.
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY OPTIONS.
SINCE THE 1970'S WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT HYDROELECTRIC AND
SOLAR AND WIND.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADVANCE
THIS TECHNOLOGY AND I HOPE WE
WILL CONTINUE TO CRACK THE CODE
ON THAT TO MAKE THOSE ENERGY
SOLUTIONS WORK WELL FOR US.
BUT SINCE THE 1970'S WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET OFF
OF FOSSIL FUELS AND GUESS WHAT?
IT IS STILL THE DOMINANT
RESOURCE THAT WE ARE USING IN
OUR COUNTRY AND IT'S STILL THE
MOST EFFECTIVE RESOURCE TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE OUR VEHICLES, BE
ABLE TO HEAT OUR HOMES AND BE
ABLE TO PRODUCE THESE
PETROCHEMICALS THAT ARE USED IN
ALMOST EVERYTHING WE LAY OUR
HANDS ON.
I HOPE ONE KAY I CAN RUN MY CAR
-- ONE DAY I CAN RUN MY CAR OFF
A PIN WHEEL THAT'S ON TOP OF IT
BUT CURRENTLY I RUNS OFF OF
GASOLINE.
-- IT RETURNS OFF OF GASOLINE.
THERE'S ELECTRICITY IN ALL THE
DIFFERENT DYNAMICS THAT COME IN,
I LOOK AT IT AND SAY, 43 YEARS
OLD, I'VE BEEN HEARING MY WHOLE
LIFE THAT WE NEED A NATIONAL
ENERGY POLICY, DRILLING,
PIPELINES, PRODUCTION,
RETAILING, TO BE ABLE TO WORK AT
A PLAN THAT WE CAN RUN AS A
COUNTRY, THAT IS ALL OF THE
ABOVE, THAT IS EVERY BIT OF OUR
ENERGY BUT THAT IS NOT IGNORING
THE ENERGY THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU I AM SICK TO
DEATH OF HEARING HOW WE NEED TO
SHUT DOWN FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION
IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS.
KNOWING FULL WELL THAT WE WILL
JUST IMPORT MORE OF THOSE FOSSIL
FUELS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
THE UNITED STATES PRODUCES THE
CLEANEST ENERGY ON THE PLANET.
IF WE WANT TO HAVE CLEAN ENERGY,
WHERE THAT BE FOSSIL FUELS OR
ALTERNATIVE FUELS, WE SHOULD BE
DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE
SURE WE DRILL HERE, THAT WE
PRODUCE HERE AND THAT WE ARE THE
ONES THAT ARE USING THE ENERGY
AND THE -- IN THE CLEANEST
METHOD POSSIBLE.
NO ONE DOES IT CLEANER THAN US.
WE DON'T GO TO SAUDI ARABIA AND
FIND OUT THEY PRODUCE ENERGY
CLEANER THERE.
IF YOU'RE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT
PLANETARY ISSUES WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE
ALL THE PRODUCTION THAT'S NEEDED
IN THE UNITED STATES IS PRODUCED
IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT
THAT.
LET ME TAKE YOU TO MY BEAUTIFUL
STATE.
YOU COULD WALK INTO OKLAHOMA
SOMETIME, SINCE 1949 WE'VE BEEN
PRACTICALING -- FRACKING FOR
OIL.
WHAT MANY PEOPLE ARE CALLING
SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY OF THIS --
OF FRACKING AND EVERYONE SEEMS
TO BE AFRAID OF IT AND SAY, IS
IT GOING TO HURT THE GROUNDWATER
AND ALL THESE THINGS, I SMILE
AND I SAY, COME TO MY BEAUTIFUL
STATE.
SINCE 1949 WE'VE BEEN FRACKING.
OVER 100,000 TIMES WE HAVE
100,000 TIMES-PLUS.
FRACKED IN OKLAHOMA.
COME DRINK OUR WATER, COME
BREATHE OUR AIR.
AND COME SEE OUR ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL GOD-GIVEN STATE.
WE CAN DO THIS IN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY.
WE HAVE IN MY DISTRICT 5.7%
UNEMPLOYMENT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT
ENERGY COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING
A TERRIFIC JOB OF BOTH
PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND
OUR AREA.
PROVIDING JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE IN
WE CAN DO THIS AND TO FLIP ANTLY
SAY -- SAY, THESE ARE DIRTY OIL
COMPANIES AND THEY'RE BIG OIL
COMPANIES AND WE HAVE TO DO WHAT
IT TAKES TO PUNISH BIG OIL IS
FLIPPANT.
I WAS IN A HEARING NOT LONG AGO
WITH TIMOTHY GEITHNER AND HE WAS
DISCUSSING PUNISHING BIG OIL AND
GETTING MORE TAX ON IT AND I WAS
ABLE TO SAY TO HIM, MR.
SECRETARY, ARE YOU AWARE THAT
THE MAJORITY OF ENERGY COMPANIES
IN THE UNITED STATES ARE
INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS AND
THEY'RE SMALL COMPANIES?
95% OF THE DRILLING THAT HAPPENS
IN THE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
THAT HAPPENS IN THE UNITED
STATES IS DONE BY INDEPENDENT
PRODUCERS.
THESE 18,000 SMALL COMPANIES
THAT ARE OUT THERE, THEY ACCOUNT
FOR 67% OF THE TOTAL ENERGY
PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
THESE SMALL COMPANIES WHICH ON
12 EMPLOYEES.
AVERAGE HAVE 12 PEOPLE ON STAFF,
THESE ARE NOT BIG GIANT
COMPANIES AND THROWING AROUND
TERMS LIKE BIG OIL MAKES ME
SMILE WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OKLAHOMA
WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF SERVICE
COMPANIES AND PRODUCERS AND
DRILLERS THAT ARE REALLY DOING
GREAT JOBS.
I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THOSE
COMPANIES RECENTLY, GUESS WHO
THEY'RE TARGETING TO BE ABLE TO
HIRE?
THEIR FAVORITE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE
TO HIRE ARE RETURNING VETS
BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK ETHIC,
BECAUSE OF THEIR SKILLS THAT
THEY'RE BRINGING BACK, THEY ARE
COMPANIES SPECIFICALLY GOING
AFTER RETURNING IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN VETERANS TO BE ABLE
TO HIRE THEM.
IT WAS INTERESTING, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT DRILLING AND YOU
GO INTO A DRILLING PLATFORM AND
THEY SAY THEIR FAVORITE PEOPLE
TO BE ABLE TO HIRE ARE TANK
DRIVERS RETURNING FROM THE WAR
ZONE BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO
DRIVING EQUIPMENT, LOOKING ON A
SCREEN AND DEALING WITH MULTIPLE
THINGS ALL AT ONCE.
THESE ARE FOLKS EMPLOYING OUR
VETERANS AND THEY'RE ENGAGED IN
PROVIDING GREAT JOBS.
I WAS ON A FRACKING SITE, BEING
ABLE TO WATCH IT.
IT'S HIGH TECH JOB, PEOPLE ON
COMPUTERS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN
PUMPING, TRUCKS, PEOPLE
PROVIDING FOOD, PEOPLE
PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT, IT'S
PEOPLE WITH BIG WRENCHES AND
PEOPLE WITH SMALL COMPUTERS.
AND YOU SEE THIS MULTITUDE OF
DIFFERENT JOBS PROVIDED BY OIL
AND NATURAL GAS AND BY FOSSIL
FUELS WE'RE PRODUCING RIGHT
HERE IN AMERICA.
WE ARE AT A MOMENT THAT WE CAN
EITHER SAY, WE WANT ALL GREEN
JOBS, WE WANT TO DESTROY THE
JOBS PRODUCING FOSSIL FUELS, OR
WE CAN SAY, LET'S DO BOTH.
LET'S ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF
GREEN JOBS BUT LET'S NOT IN THE
PROCESS DISCOURAGE ONE OF THE
MOST PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES WE
HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT
IS PROVIDING OUR OWN ENERGY.
I WOULD LOVE FOR FOLKS TO BE
ABLE TO COME TO OKLAHOMA AND BE
ABLE TO SEE THE GREAT COMPANIES
DOING SOME VERY INNOVATIVE
THINGS.
AND CAN I MENTION ONE MORE
THING?
JUST TODAY, ONE OF OUR
COMPANIES, CHESAPEAKE,
ANNOUNCED A NEW INITIATIVE
TAKING NATURAL GAS AND
INJECTING IT INTO A HEAT UP
SERVICE, HEATING UP BIOMASS AND
OUT COMES GASOLINE TO PUT IN
OUR CARS.
THEY'RE DOING THAT ON THEIR
OWN, NOT WITH A GOVERNMENT
GRANT, PRODUCING BRAND NEW,
CLEAN ENERGY TO HELP THE
VEHICLES WE RUN NOW.
THEY'RE DROPPING $1 MILLION BEL
TO CREATE AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
NATURAL GAS ON THE HIGHWAY
SYSTEM SO BIG TRUCKS CAN RUN ON
NATURAL GAS.
INDUSTRIES ARE DOING THIS.
THEY WANT TO SEE THIS.
THIS IS A WAY THAT A GREAT
AMERICAN -- THAT GREAT AMERICAN
COMPANIES CAN PRODUCE GREAT
AMERICAN ENERGY.
THEY'RE PATRIOTS AND I HOPE
WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE
THESE FOLKS.
THE SAME AMERICAN
GREATNESS THE GENTLEMAN FROM
OHIO WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE
INNOVATION MEETS A NEED.
WE HAVE A NEED FOR ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND INNOVATION IS