Nancy Pelosi Questions john McCain's Energy Proposals

   Nancy Pelosi today had a comment about John McCain's rhetoric when it comes to energy policy and the fact that he's been calling for Congress to come back into session when he himself misses practically all of the major votes on energy issues.

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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to calls from Senator McCain that Congress resume session to consider energy proposals:

“Senator McCain wants to call Congress back into session to vote on ‘drill only’ proposals that he knows full well will not provide immediate relief to consumers, and yet he was absent from the Senate during critical votes to cut subsidies for Big Oil, help consumers and promote renewables and conservation.

“The New Direction Congress will continue to demand that the President release oil from our nation’s stockpile to provide immediate relief in 10 days, unlike the McCain-Republican-Big Oil plan that lowers prices at the pump by 2 cents in 10 years. Freeing a small amount of our oil from government stockpiles is the only immediate solution to the pain at the pump.

“John McCain could have been the deciding vote in favor of key energy initiatives, but instead he decided to stand by Big Oil. Senator McCain’s absent leadership on energy independence doesn’t match his rhetoric.”

  There is a little more background on McCain and some of the votes that he has missed when he should have been at work, not that you and I do not know how he would have voted anyway.

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