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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

Date: May 19, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006 -- (House of Representatives - May 19, 2005)

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Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the amendment. I made my living in the oil and gas business. And to correct an earlier statement, you can determine what you are going to drill for. You can determine that you are going to put oil at the surface or you are going to put gas at the surface. That is to correct the record.

We are in a world economy, and we are losing our jobs. These jobs are 100,000 a year-plus jobs when we lose them out of the chemical industry and the fertilizer industry. I was in the industry when the price went from $2 to $50. We will drill this gas. We will simply do it before or after we lose our jobs. We will do it before or after people have to give up their homes to heat them.

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