[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9] [House] [Page 11973] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY NEEDS NEW ENERGY POLICY NOW (Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, with high gas prices soaring, moms and dads across East Tennessee and across America are struggling to put a budget together at the kitchen table. They are worried how they are going to pay for their health care, how they are going to buy enough gas to get their kids to school, how they are going to pay for their children's education. Families and small businesses across America are hurting. Earl Humphreys, for example, in Bristol, Tennessee, owns Lawn Boyz Lawn Care Service. He has told me he may have to go out of business. It is time for solutions, time for no more excuses. High gas prices are not only an economic security issue, they are a national security issue. We are too dependent on foreign countries, countries that hate us and hate our freedoms and, quite frankly, hate our religion. We need an energy policy now. I call on the Democrat majority to offer legislation that will provide for lower gas prices, better economic security, better national security, and I ask them to do it now. We need to use American energy. We need solutions. ____________________