August 1, 2008
Where, Oh Where, has Congress Gone? Madam Speaker, “where, oh where, has Congress gone? Where, oh where, can they be? With gas so high and this recess so long, where, oh where, can they be?” Where, oh where, has Congress gone? Well Madam Speaker, they’re not here, they’ve gotten out of Dodge. They have left the American people behind in a cloud of dust and high gasoline prices.
Congress is on the run; it has not dealt with the energy crisis and not attempted to solve high gasoline prices. So it’s sneaking out of town for five weeks-gone on vacation.
The American people won’t be going on vacation, because they cannot afford gasoline to take a family trip. My 83-year-old parents who are on fixed incomes can’t even afford gasoline to go to church. So what is Congress’ answer? Leave town in the darkness of the night? The question is: why, Madam Speaker? Why don’t they stick around and let us vote on taking care of America?
For example, let’s vote on offshore drilling- most Americans favor it. We are the representatives of America. Let’s vote, up or down, on offshore drilling. It’s an environmental myth that we cannot drill safely offshore. We need to drill in ANWAR. Why didn’t Congress stick around and vote on drilling in ANWAR?
The American taxpayer shells out 425 million dollars a day to Saudi Arabia for crude oil. We pay this ransom because Congress won’t take care of America. The United States is the only major power in the world that does not use its own natural resources. This is nonsense and rather than deal with this crisis Congress has turned its back on the American people-dispersed to parts unknown throughout the fruited plain and fled town.
This is shameful conduct. The President should use his constitutional power and call for a special session of this Congress to deal with energy. We should round up all those members of Congress that have fled the scene, bring them back and solve this energy crisis – specifically high gasoline prices.
Where, oh where, has Congress gone? Where, oh, where can they be? With gas so high and this recess so long, where, oh where, can they be? And that’s just the way it is.
Re: #197
Beautiful! Thanks to Rep. Poe, and to you for posting!
EXACTLY!! we all need to call local radio stations and tell them to get the word out and keep the pressure, on as my local quite Rush-Limbaugh-oriented talk show fellow seemed all too laid back when I called him just now! this is a real opportunity for patriots to do something at all levels!!!
EXACTLY!! we all need to call local radio stations and tell them to get the word out and keep the pressure, on as my local quite Rush-Limbaugh-oriented talk show fellow seemed all too laid back when I called him just now! this is a real opportunity for patriots to do something at all levels!!!
T. Boone Pickens talks about $700 Billion leaving the U.S. every year to pay for this oil.
I’d like to ask the environmentalists, what is the amount of pollution these tankers emit bring the oil here?