Martha Roby: “So we need to say, What's the holdup? What's the holdup, Mr.…”

On the recordJune 25, 2013

So we need to say, What's the holdup? What's the holdup, Mr. President? Mr. Speaker, again, I cannot emphasize this enough. And the whole point of this hour tonight is to say, based on that information and this new war on America families and American jobs, what is the holdup? What is the deal? This is 20,000 jobs. And we're just continually seeing the President, who's for the all-of-the-above energy approach, at every corner attack domestic energy production. I just don't understand.

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Martha Roby

Alabama

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Jun 25, 2013

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