Weekly Round Up

Welcome to this week's Round Up. I'd like to thank everyone in the 5th Congressional District who has called my offices with their opinions on the financial crisis facing our country. The decisions that Congress will make in the coming days will be some of the most important of our lifetimes, and foremost in my mind is the protection of America's taxpayers. I'll have much more on this next week. Now, for the rest of the Round Up:

The Energy Jolt:
This week's Energy Jolt reminded everyone that the United States holds more than enough oil reserves to satisfy 100% of U.S. consumption. However, these American energy resources are off-limits. read more >>

*GOOD NEWS*: We have reports that the Democrats have succombed to the protests of millions of Americans to open up off-shore drilling. If these reports are true, the off-shore drill ban will expire at the end of the month, and we will have finally won a decades long battle! We are monitoring this very closely and will have more news next week.

The Pork Platter:
This week's Pork Platter discussed how $1,000,000 of our tax dollars funded "water free urinals." Although I support water conservation, I do not believe tax dollars should be spent on urinals! The fight continues to end wasteful spending.
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Thank you for reading this week's wrap, and I encourage everyone to leave comments and check back next week.