Posted on 06/18/2008 7:31:24 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Urgent: House Democrats call for nationalization of refineries
Per Pergram-Capitol Hill
House Democrats responded to President's Bush's call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press conference fed back live.
Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.
They also reasserted that the reason the Appropriations Committee markup (where the vote on the amendment to lift the ban) was cancelled so they could focus on preparing the supplemental Iraq spending bill for tomorrow.
At an off-camera briefing, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said the same. And a senior Republican House Appropriations Committee aide adds that "there were multiple reasons for the postponement" including discussion on the supplemental. But the aide said there was the thought that Democrats may wish to avoid a debate today on energy amendments.
Here are the highlights from briefing
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), member of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the most-ardent opponents of off-shore drilling
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We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market.
Hinchey on why they postponed the Appropriations markup
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I think there aren't enough votes for the Peterson amendment. It wasn't taken up (the Interior spending bill) because of the omnibus Appropriations bill. That's the main focus of the Appropriations Committee.
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
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They (Republicans) have a one-trick pony approach.
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), Chairman of the Resources Committee
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You cannot drill your way out of this.
Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Select Committee on Global Warming
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The White House has become a ventriloquist for the oil and gas energy.
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Vote from the rooftops???
My God, never in my lifetime did I ever expect to see one of the houses of Congress propose nationalizing an industry. This is truly frightening.
With the inevitable unions, featherbedding, inability to fire anybody, lack of fundamental market forces determining where investment should be made, political paybacks governing investment choices, the government wouldn’t be able to deliver any oil at all. I can’t believe anybody in the US would believe the government could do a better job than the private sector.
Think Nazi Germany 1932 only we have more than one Hitler to deal with!!
Is that Pelosi up front with Reid, Feinstein, Boxer, and the rest of America’s traitors aka Nazis?
They want their own PEMEX to suck. No surprise.
The same folks who made the 200 dollar hammer now want to make Gas. Great.
Big Gov-Oil. Gov takes all the money and drives the business into the dirt. Sounds like a plan. Did McCain endorse it yet?
Revolution ~ The Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87yq372R4Ts
Its not stealing if you do it for the “Children”.
We are on the same page. Obama is a Fascist and his wife is a communist. Compare what was said then to what they are saying now. A PhD from the U of Madrid taught me what they are now doing. There is going to be trouble if he wins. Big trouble.
I was just reading the Declaration of Independence tonight and it is amazing how much of it could apply to the idiots in Washington.
http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html
This crowd would probably get their pointers from Mugabe.
If these jokes want to take something over they can run the service stations that nobody wants. It would be nice to have a government employee to shout at when we get our gas.
The NAZI Party exposes itself for who they are.
If you like $5/gal, Thank Congress in Nov!
Pray for W and Our Troops
Nothing like a democrat to define STUPID!
I will be here at insufferable, waiting for the rest of America to join me. I have posted here before that the movie National Treasure posits that there is a hidden map on the back of the Declaration of Independence. I believe that there is a map on the document. However, I believe it is not hidden and is located on the front.
AZ Clean Fuels Yuma has been trying to get one built for over 10 years, South Dakota might see one built in the near future by a Texas company.
No new refineries in 32 years is INSANE.
AZ Clean Fuels Yuma has been trying to get one built for over 10 years, South Dakota might see one built in the near future by a Texas company.
No new refineries in 32 years is INSANE.
why wait for "change '08" !
( DEF: socialism; absolute governemnt control of the production and distribution of wealth)
What are they doing??? Following the “Chavez” plan of government confiscation of private companies? Not that it really surprises me (knowing they are ALL “closet” socialists), but part of me still can’t believe they are openly discussing these things! It’s one thing to discuss the theory, it’s another to completely disregard the Constitution, and advocate for government takeover of private industries...
Of course, their supporters will totally fail to see how this flies in the face of the Constitution (which most of the time they use as a defense only when it suits their purposes). Instead, they will turn to each other and say - WOW, what a GREAT idea!
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