On Speaker Pelosi’s ‘Energy Plan’
Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on August 16th, 2008
House Republicans are already weighing in with statements on Speaker Pelosi’s latest “energy plan.” Here is a sampling:
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH):
“If Speaker Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues were truly serious about increasing production of American energy and lowering the price of gasoline, they would call Congress back into session immediately to vote on our ‘all of the above’ energy plan, rather than taking a five-week break away from Washington. While the Speaker now claims to embrace a comprehensive energy plan that includes more conservation, more innovation, and more American energy production, the fact is her new effort appears to be just another flawed plan that will do little to lower gas prices.
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL), Chairman of the House Republican Conference:
“There is no better, more qualified spokesperson for the Democratic Party’s failed energy policies than Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Months of pursuing false solutions to this crisis has left Speaker Pelosi on the wrong side of the American people and a fair amount of her fellow Democrats. Given the opportunity to embrace a more responsible and truly comprehensive plan, the Speaker has instead chosen to double down on an energy policy that puts a premium on massive tax hikes and burdensome government regulations while leaving too much new American energy off the table. In short, Speaker Pelosi’s ‘new’ energy plan is a recipe for more of the same - high energy prices and a dangerous dependence on foreign oil.”
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee:
“If the Speaker was truly interested in allowing Congress to vote on a plan to put our nation on the path to energy independence, we would have taken up the American Energy Act, the ‘all of the above’ plan put forward by congressional Republicans. Instead, Democrats gave themselves a five week vacation and told the American people they would just have to wait. When it comes to energy reform, Democrats have quite simply failed to lead.”
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee:
“It’s hard to take Speaker Pelosi’s comments on energy seriously as she continues her book tour and refuses to allow a vote on the comprehensive American Energy Act offered by House Republicans. If she were at all serious, she’d cut her book tour and vacation short, get back to work, and work with Republicans to alleviate the pain that Americans currently face at the pump.
Also, the House Republican Conference has done some fact-checking on today’s radio address.
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