Lynn C. Woolsey: “I am certain that the people watching the floor today are feeling like they are having deja vu all over again; and, yes…”

“I am certain that the people watching the floor today are feeling like they are having deja vu all over again; and, yes, they are right. We did do this before; and, no, there is nothing new here. What we should be talking about is renewable energy. We should be talking about decreasing our dependence on foreign oil. We should be talking about ensuring that catastrophes like Enron's cheating the west coast out of billions of dollars never happen again. We should be talking about improving our electrical transmission lines so that the blackouts we experienced last summer do not happen again this summer. We should be talking about how to make our buildings more energy efficient, and we should be talking about the high price of gas and how to bring relief to the American people. Instead, we are talking about the same flawed energy bill that has already passed the House. That bill was not good the first time, and it is not good this time. This is the exact same energy bill that allows companies to pollute our air and contaminate our water while giving huge tax incentives to big oil and gas companies, the same companies that are today gouging the American people with high gas prices at the pumps. Mr. Speaker, enough is enough.”