C. W. Bill Young: “Mr. Chairman, several days ago I suggested to the House that this might be coming, this little bit of warfare between…”

“Mr. Chairman, several days ago I suggested to the House that this might be coming, this little bit of warfare between different delegations; and I had hoped that we would avoid that, because we have enough problems with our foreign suppliers. We have enough problems, that we do not need to have problems within our own country. The fact is that we do need more production of oil and gas, whatever types of energy we can produce. We are a consuming Nation, and we need to produce. But most of the conversations today have not been about this amendment. I have enjoyed the debate, except for one part. I did not really appreciate the debate of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) when he attacked the Florida delegation, because most of the Florida delegation has been there every step of the way to produce more energy at home, rather than relying on foreign sources. So I thought that attack was a little bit out of order. However, the great debate about where we are to drill or not to drill has nothing to do with this amendment.”