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Dan Burton: “America is a can-do Nation and we need a can-do Congress. And right now, the Congress, and both the House and the…”

On the recordJune 18, 2008
America is a can-do Nation and we need a can-do Congress. And right now, the Congress, and both the House and the Senate, which is controlled by the other party, they have a we-can't-do, we can't do this, we can't do that. As a result, we're going to be short of energy, and the cost is going to go through the roof, and the cost of gasoline per gallon is going to go up, I believe, even further. What the American people I think need to do is call their Congressman and Senators and say, hey, we want a can-do attitude, start drilling, let's get energy independent.
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Dan Burton
Indiana
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Discussing the need for a proactive energy policy in Congress.

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