On the recordJune 12, 2008
Think of the jobs that could be created, the jobs that we could keep here just by this industry. And just yesterday, the subcommittee voted on a 9-6 vote, with the Democrat majority all voting not to allow us to lift the moratorium on the Outer Continental Shelf. In the last 25 years, we've captured 7 billion barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf. Do you realize the spillage has been one one-thousandth of 1 percent? We also need to talk about those American families, those American workers who have purchased homes where they wanted them to be, not worried about a commute to their job, but today, for several of those, their gas cost is the same as their mortgage. That impacts business in America. Mr. Speaker, America is a great Nation because of her people. It's our responsibility to put the policies in place that allow them to have a quality of life and to create the jobs.
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