Pence Joins House Colleagues: Calls for Energy Bill With Drilling

“The cost of energy is costing American jobs”

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence gave the following speech today at a press conference by House Republicans calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow an up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act, a comprehensive energy package that allows for more domestic oil drilling.

“Five weeks ago, Democrats adjourned this Congress and took a five-week paid vacation without even taking a vote on a comprehensive energy bill that includes more drilling.

“But, House Republicans never left.

“Republicans are here and we stayed here because the American people are hurting.

“Working families, small business owners, family farmers and seniors are struggling under the weight of record gasoline prices.

“The American people know: The cost of energy is costing American jobs.

“Congress must take immediate action to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.

“We have one message to the Democrats returning to Washington:

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi, you can turn off the lights on the House floor and shut off the mics, but you cannot silence the voice of millions of Americans who say with increasing clarity, ‘Give us all of the above: conservation, alternative energy, fuel efficiency, and drill more, drill here, drill now!’

“House Democrats should heed the overwhelming majority of the American people who want this Congress to take immediate action to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, come together and allow the pro-drilling bipartisan majority a fair and open debate on the American Energy Act.

“No gimmicks, no fig leaves, no political posturing will suffice.  The American people won’t stand for it.

“The American people want relief at the pump and House Republicans have been fighting and will continue to fight to enact a roadmap to energy independence with more drilling before this Congress adjourns again.

“We owe our countrymen, this economy and our prosperity no less.”

Source: Press Release

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