somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.

actual production on Federal lands, which the President has control over through his Department of Interior, is down 11 percent.

I would suggest instead of going to Saudi Arabia and asking them to increase production, go to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and ask the President to reverse his policies that have reduced production in America and made gas prices higher.

The President has implemented a policy that has actually reduced American energy production and supply.

We have lost about a dozen deepwater rigs, billion-dollar-plus assets that have left the Gulf of Mexico because they can't get permits because of the President's own policies.

He has bowed down to their prince and, you know, he has begged them for more oil.

Imagine it is better to do business in Egypt than in America because of the President's policies.

the President has put policies in place that have gotten us now to $4 a gallon almost in gasoline prices.

the President is trying to shut down through the EPA.

in the Gulf of Mexico it is down 17 percent.

the President has recently started talking about an all-of-the-above energy strategy.

And I want to thank both sides and the authors for bringing this bill.

You know, back in 2008 Barack Obama said that he would prefer a 'gradual adjustment to near $4 a gallon gasoline.'

I can tell you that one of the biggest complaints I get from my district... is that all of these agencies... seem not to understand the impact of regulations upon our cost...

there is absolutely no evidence to support that.

that spatial planning is only adding another layer of bureaucracy to the process, slowing down the production of oil, increasing the prices of gasoline at the pump, and killing Louisiana jobs.

And that is simply what it does. And I would ask everyone to support it.

It is not just the Federal Government's responsibility to provide healthcare services to our citizens.