The Elephants of August

Campus Report ^ | August 28, 2008 | Irene Warren

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The Elephants of August

by: Irene Warren, August 28, 2008

To protest the U. S. Congressional House Democrats going on recess without voting on a bill to relax oil drilling restrictions—while America suffers from high gas and energy prices—House Republicans once again took the floor Friday, August 22, 2008, to speak to thousands of Americans visiting the nation’s Capitol in an effort to encourage citizens to vote for American energy production.

House Republicans insist that they tried earnestly for months to get House Democrats and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vote on nonpartisan proposals that would allow them to lower gas and energy prices by drilling domestically for natural gas and oil, as well as proposals that would improve energy efficiency and alternative energy technologies, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), explained.

Since August 1, 2008, the Democrat majority in the House of Representatives has been on vacation, Rep. McCotter, the House Republican Policy Committee Chairman, commented. “We disagree,” McCotter proclaimed. “We believe Congress should be here dealing with gas and energy prices.”

“We have American ingenuity,” Rep. Thelma Drake (R-VA) said. “We have the ability as a congress to meet the needs of Americans right here in America.”

“Why should we put ourselves in a position where we can be shut down simply because we depend on foreign countries for natural reserves,” Rep. Drake noted. “Canada has been taking natural gas from Lake Erie for over 100 years. Natural gas is priced country by country, so I question, why can’t America do it?”

U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT-AL) pointed out that, “Thirty-three percent of all energy developed in this country is on federal property.” ...

[Bernard]

So will the Dems show up in Washington DC during the Republican convention and ask where everybody went?