mr. speaker , i thank the gentleman from texas ( mr. sessions ) xz4003670 for yielding me time . 
many of you have heard the story about the fellow that was sitting on his porch and water came trickling through his yard . 
a fellow drove by in his jeep and said , jump on , the dam is giving way ; this place is going to be flooded . 
and he said , i 've got faith in god ; god is going to save me . 
the guy drives off . 
here comes more water . 
here comes a boat . 
the guy in the boat says , jump in , there is more water coming . 
the guy , no , i have faith in god ; god is going to save me . 
and he climbs up on the rooftop as the water gets higher and higher . 
here comes a helicopter . 
he drops a ladder and with a megaphone says , grab hold of the ladder . 
the man says , no , i have got faith in god ; god is going to save me . 
the water gets higher . 
the man drowns . 
he goes to heaven . 
he says , god i had faith in you . 
why did you not save me ? 
god said , i sent you a jeep and a boat and helicopter , why did you not make use of it ? 
when we hear people crying today , we need oil , we need gasoline with prices that are down , we need natural gas prices to come down , i can not help but hear this small voice saying , use what i gave you . 
this nation has been so richly blessed with so much in the way of resources . 
it is time to end the excuses . 
we can always find excuses , things we do not like about any bill . 
they sure do that down the hall . 
it is time to end the excuses . 
it is time down the hall to finally do the right thing and use the resources with which this nation has been so richly blessed . 
