Walberg to Pelosi: If You are Serious About Energy Solutions, End Your Book Tour

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Walberg to Pelosi: If You Are Serious About Energy Solutions, End Your Book Tour

Seventeen Days Since Speaker Shut Down the House, Pelosi Book Tour Rolls On While Americans Pay High Gas Prices

Seventeen days ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut down the U.S. House of Representatives, refusing to allow even a vote to increase American energy production. While on tour to promote her recently released book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America 's Daughters," Pelosi criticized House members for remaining on the House floor to call for a debate on energy policy.

On Saturday, Pelosi delivered the Democrat Party's weekly radio address and unveiled her latest so-called "energy plan." While she now claims to embrace a comprehensive energy plan that includes more conservation, more innovation and more American energy production, the Speaker's latest plan is really just a combination of all the failed gimmicks she has been pushing for the past few weeks.

Instead of supporting or even allowing a vote on a comprehensive, "all of the above" energy plan that includes more oil drilling, more alternatives and more conservation, the Speaker and other Democrat leaders continue to oppose increasing American energy production. While the Speaker's book tour rolls on, Americans continue to pay high gas prices.

"If Speaker Pelosi is really serious about ending the partisan gridlock on energy policy, she would end her book tour and call Congress back to Washington for a debate," Walberg said. "I have been to Washington already during this break to speak out on energy policy, and I am more than willing to head back. Speaker Pelosi is the only person in America who can call the House back to session for an energy debate. Recently, we've seen how tenuous America's global energy position is. Our reliance on foreign oil makes our country dependent on people like Vladimir Putin, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez, which weakens America's national security. It is time for Speaker Pelosi to use her power, call the House in to session and begin a debate on long-term energy policy. I believe such a policy must increase American energy production, increase alternatives and increase conservation."

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