House Democrats call for nationalization of refineries
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House Democrats responded to President's Bush's call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press conference fed back live.
Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), member of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the most-ardent opponents of off-shore drilling said, "We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market...There are a lot of arrows in the President's quiver that he decided not use. What we do has to be in the interest of the American people. Not major corporations."
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) said, "They (Republicans) have a one-trick pony approach...It's like when I talk to my kids. Before we're going to talk about dessert, we've got to talk about what's on your plate. I hope I'm a little more successful with the oil industry than I am with my kids."
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), Chairman of the Resources Committee said, "You cannot drill your way out of this."
Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Select Committee on Global Warming said, "The White House has become a ventriloquist for the oil and gas energy. The finger should be directed back at them. They had plenty of opportunity to (arrange an energy policy). But they did not put an energy policy in place...The governors of California and the governors of Florida are going to scream this is not the way to go...There are so many red herrings out there they might as well construct an aquarium."
House Democrats responded to President's Bush's call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press conference fed back live.
Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), member of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the most-ardent opponents of off-shore drilling said, "We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market...There are a lot of arrows in the President's quiver that he decided not use. What we do has to be in the interest of the American people. Not major corporations."
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) said, "They (Republicans) have a one-trick pony approach...It's like when I talk to my kids. Before we're going to talk about dessert, we've got to talk about what's on your plate. I hope I'm a little more successful with the oil industry than I am with my kids."
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), Chairman of the Resources Committee said, "You cannot drill your way out of this."
Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Select Committee on Global Warming said, "The White House has become a ventriloquist for the oil and gas energy. The finger should be directed back at them. They had plenty of opportunity to (arrange an energy policy). But they did not put an energy policy in place...The governors of California and the governors of Florida are going to scream this is not the way to go...There are so many red herrings out there they might as well construct an aquarium."
posted by Andy W. Rogers | 10:43 PM
4 Comments:
All of you who hate $4 per gallon gas should just keep voting for these idiots. When gas hits $10 per gallon you will fondly recall the days when the oil companies were privately owned.
What the Democrats are proposing is no different than what Hugo Chavez has done in Venezuela.
I would like to say one word that is anathema to the Democraps. Constitution.
Gas will (and should) hit $10 no matter who owns the oil companies. We should have been searching for viable alternative fuel since the 70's. We all knew this day was coming, and the only President who had anything resembling a plan to get us off oil was Carter thirty years ago. And he's still ridiculed to this day by folks like Andy Rogers!
We have no one to blame but ourselves....
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