Devin Nunes: “I just wanted to confirm the long title, because it appears today that we are talking about this bill being about energy…”

“I just wanted to confirm the long title, because it appears today that we are talking about this bill being about energy independence. And earlier, during the rule debate, it was brought up by the distinguished chairwoman of the Rules Committee, who referred to the process that was used under the last Congress, referring to Mr. Dreier's process, as being dishonest. Mr. Speaker, this whole process that we are going through today is about dishonesty, and I want to be clear that I am talking about the process. This is unacceptable to me. Because if this is about energy independence, this bill we are going to pass today, then why is there this quote this morning in the Wall Street Journal, and I will read the quote. ``Tomorrow we finish our 100 hours and I will talk about what comes next. And included in that is energy independence.'' Ms. Pelosi made this statement in the Wall Street Journal this morning. So are we debating today about energy independence? We are going to pass this bill about energy independence, or is this going to be something that we are going to do after this? If so, then something about this process is dishonest. I don't know if this bill is about energy independence or, as the Speaker said, in the future we are going to talk about energy independence. I thought this bill was about energy independence. So I hope for the rest of this debate that the majority will clarify this, because I don't understand what this is about.”