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Blunt: Dems' Latest 'Energy' Bill Long on Promises, Short on Actual Energy (and Votes)
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"Those who had the chance to listen to the debate on the floor this afternoon would've been forgiven for thinking Democrats had changed their tune on the urgent need to produce American energy for American consumers, pulling an about-face on the issue after fighting for decades to lock away America's abundant, accessible and otherwise available reserves of energy.
"But then you read the bill -- and very quickly it becomes very clear that not a single word in it would produce a single new BTU of American energy. Not one.
"On a day when gas and diesel prices posted new all-time highs, the bill the House rejected on a bi-partisan basis today is a slap in the face to the millions of American families struggling to make ends meet. But Democratic leaders didn't bring this bill to the floor with any illusions of passing it - rather, what we saw today was a choreographed attempt to make it appear as if they're doing something to bring down the price of gas, when in reality the situation is quite the opposite.
"You can run from bad energy policy - we saw that this afternoon on the House floor. But you can't hide. And every American who drives past a gas station this summer will see with his own eyes how bad energy policy in
NOTE: One of the 11 Democrats voting against the bill today was Rep.
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