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This is the release we
distributed on
August 26
Denver
Conservatives Slam Pelosi’s “Government
Control” Energy Plan
DENVER,
CO – Members of the local chapter of Coalition for
a
Conservative Majority (CCM) today attended a Democrat leadership
press conference outside of Union Station that was billed as a
roll-out of a “Comprehensive Strategy for American Energy
Independence”. The photo-op was held immediately after an
energy
press conference with CCM CO Chairman Bob Beauprez, U.S. Senator Jim
DeMint, and Americans for Prosperity’s Jim Pfaff.
“Today,
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter and other liberal
leaders simply reinforced what we already knew about the
Democrat’s
energy plan, it will impose heavy taxes, negatively impact the
economy, and severely restrict free market solutions,” said
CCM
Denver Metro President Don Garretson. “Coloradans must be
free to
develop the vast resources that the Western United States has
abundantly available in the form of oil shale and natural gas without
the severe government intervention that the Democrats are
proposing.”
During
the event, Pelosi became visibly agitated at those in attendance as
they chanted “Drill here, drill now!” and she
replied by asking
the pro-drilling crowd “Can we drill your brains?”
Meanwhile
back in Washington. DC, conservatives in the House of Representatives
have taken to the floor of Congress for the last 18 days to call on
Speaker Pelosi to hold a vote on H.R. 6566 – the American
Energy
Act.
Earlier
in the day, CCM CO Chairman Bob Beauprez questioned Pelosi’s
ability to lead on the issue. “Liberals, led by Nancy Pelosi,
have
no interest in providing solutions to the American people unless
those solutions work for their special interest groups –
radical
environmentalists and unions,” Beauprez said.
“Their new ‘plan’,
which is clearly a conventional campaign photo-op and not a
legislative agenda, has more to do with social engineering than
bringing down the price at the pump.”
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