Dan Burton said "We want to get the price of gasoline down and we want to go to new forms of energy. But it is going to take time. And during that time for transition, it is extremely important that we start moving toward energy independence. And a main cog in that wheel is drilling here at home for oil and natural gas. So I hope, if I were talking to the American people, that they would talk to their Congressmen and Senators over this July 4th break. Tell them you want to be energy independent, you want to move toward energy independence, and we ought to drill here in the United States wherever we can." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 26, 2008

We want to get the price of gasoline down and we want to go to new forms of energy. But it is going to take time. And during that time for transition, it is extremely important that we start moving toward energy independence. And a main cog in that wheel is drilling here at home for oil and natural gas. So I hope, if I were talking to the American people, that they would talk to their Congressmen and Senators over this July 4th break. Tell them you want to be energy independent, you want to move toward energy independence, and we ought to drill here in the United States wherever we can.

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Dan Burton

Indiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing energy independence and the need for domestic oil and gas drilling.

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