Pelosi Shrugs Off Continued House GOP Protests Over Energy

Pelosi Shrugs Off Continued House GOP Protests Over Energy

Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Fox News

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is not impressed by Republican efforts at reducing energy prices, or their attempts to publicize them.

Several GOP House lawmakers this week have taken the chamber by storm as Congress is officially on a five-week break and Democrats are out of town. The show continued Wednesday, its fourth day, with an appearance by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

The GOP members say it is to bring attention to Democrats' blocking a vote on offshore oil drilling legislation, an issue Republicans say would be a winner if it actually made it to a vote.

But Pelosi said Democratic initiatives, which don't include offshore drilling, are the answer to the country's high energy prices.

"The facts are clear," Pelosi wrote Tuesday in a letter to House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. The Democratic-led Congress "has repeatedly brought forth proposals to increase domestic supply, reduce the price at the pump, protect American consumers and businesses and promote renewable energy and conservation.

"To date, Democrats have brought forward 13 major initiatives to accomplish the above goals and each time a majority of House Republicans have voted against these proposals."

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"Once again Speaker Pelosi and Democrat leaders of Congress have broken trust with the American people and shown themselves to be completely indifferent to reality," said Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., about his ire over the lack of a drilling bill. "I look forward to joining my colleagues who are choosing to stand firm and demand a fair vote on energy legislation on behalf of the American people."

Pelosi hasn't done jack shit to reduce the price of oil because she and her environmentalist whackjob base wants the price high. She figures high prices will make conservation go. Don't expect to see any action from the Democrat led congress and I would like to thank all of those people that voted Democrat to teach the Republicans a lesson for making this nightmare possible.

King Leonidas wrote:Pelosi hasn't done jack shit to reduce the price of oil because she and her environmentalist whackjob base wants the price high. She figures high prices will make conservation go. Don't expect to see any action from the Democrat led congress and I would like to thank all of those people that voted Democrat to teach the Republicans a lesson for making this nightmare possible.

It's a well known fact... the more the American people suffer, the better the dems like it.

Pale Rider wrote:

King Leonidas wrote:Pelosi hasn't done jack shit to reduce the price of oil because she and her environmentalist whackjob base wants the price high. She figures high prices will make conservation go. Don't expect to see any action from the Democrat led congress and I would like to thank all of those people that voted Democrat to teach the Republicans a lesson for making this nightmare possible.

It's a well known fact... the more the American people suffer, the better the dems like it.

Libs spread misery around like a virus

red states rule wrote:

Pale Rider wrote:

King Leonidas wrote:Pelosi hasn't done jack shit to reduce the price of oil because she and her environmentalist whackjob base wants the price high. She figures high prices will make conservation go. Don't expect to see any action from the Democrat led congress and I would like to thank all of those people that voted Democrat to teach the Republicans a lesson for making this nightmare possible.

It's a well known fact... the more the American people suffer, the better the dems like it.

Libs spread misery around like a virus

Oh but rsr... "they feel your pain"...

Pale Rider wrote:

red states rule wrote:

Pale Rider wrote:

King Leonidas wrote:Pelosi hasn't done jack shit to reduce the price of oil because she and her environmentalist whackjob base wants the price high. She figures high prices will make conservation go. Don't expect to see any action from the Democrat led congress and I would like to thank all of those people that voted Democrat to teach the Republicans a lesson for making this nightmare possible.

It's a well known fact... the more the American people suffer, the better the dems like it.

Libs spread misery around like a virus

Oh but rsr... "they feel your pain"...

Like Bill?

Only he felt your wife, and your daughter