[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1135 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1135

   Expressing support for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to reveal her 
               commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2008

  Mr. Heller of Nevada submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing support for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to reveal her 
               commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices.

Whereas on April 18, 2006, then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a 
        statement saying, ``Democrats have a plan to lower gas prices...'';
Whereas on April 24, 2006, then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a 
        statement saying, ``Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down 
        skyrocketing gas prices...'';
Whereas on January 4, 2007, the day Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) convened the 
        110th Congress, the average retail price of gasoline was $2.33 per 
        gallon;
Whereas on March 10, 2008, the Associated Press reported that ``Gasoline prices 
        were poised Monday to set a new record at the pump, having surged to 
        within half a cent of their record high of $3.227 a gallon.'';
Whereas on March 12, 2008, KXII First 12 News in Texas reported that ``Jona 
        Lunde, a Preston volunteer firefighter, says many local volunteer 
        departments are being forced to cut other equipment out of their budgets 
        to pay for gas.'';
Whereas a March 20, 2008, filing with the United States Department of the 
        Interior by the American Trucking Association states that ``In 2007, the 
        trucking industry spent more than $112 billion on fuel, and this year 
        that figure will likely increase to $135 billion.'';
Whereas on April 2, 2008, the Palladium-Item in Richmond, Indiana, reported that 
        ``a recent surge in gas prices'' resulted in the Richmond police 
        department cutting costs by ``having two officers ride together in 
        patrol cars and having officers walk around for an hour or two while 
        patrolling neighborhoods...'';
Whereas on April 8, 2008, WBKO News in Bowling Green, Kentucky, reported that 
        ``With today's economy it's becoming extremely expensive for schools to 
        pick up children and take them home...'' and ``Some school districts are 
        considering cutting certain routes, and there's even some discussion of 
        going to four day school weeks.'';
Whereas on April 8, 2008, the Reno Gazette Journal in Reno, Nevada reported that 
        ``In Nevada, the average price of regular gasoline is $3.46, a state-
        wide increase of 45 cents in two months, according to the American 
        Automobile Association'' and also ``the rising prices are taking a 
        bigger bite out of her pocketbook and the budgets of others in rural 
        Nevada who have to travel for personal reasons.'';
Whereas on April 10, 2008, CNN reported in a news story entitled ``How Soaring 
        Fuel Prices Hurt Kids'' that ``From teachers and books to bus routes and 
        field trips, the soaring price of fuel is causing school districts 
        across the country to cut back--especially in more rural areas where the 
        tax base is small and the distance to bus students is large.'';
Whereas on April 10, 2008, CNN reported in a news story entitled ``How Soaring 
        Fuel Prices Hurt Kids'' that ``To cope, the district is freezing the 
        budget for classroom supplies.'';
Whereas on April 10, 2008, the Elko Daily Free Press reported that ``In the Las 
        Vegas area, average prices rose 15 cents a gallon from March to around 
        $3.38. Prices in Reno and Carson City were up 21 cents, to $3.58 and 
        $3.53 respectively.'';
Whereas on April 10, 2008, the Elko Daily Free Press also reported that ``Diesel 
        prices, which are already averaging more than $4 a gallon nationwide, 
        will average $3.62 a gallon this year, up 74 cents from 2007, the EIA 
        said'' and ``Diesel fuel is used by trucks that transport the vast 
        majority of the world's food, consumer, and industrial products. High 
        diesel prices are one of the reasons food prices are soaring.'';
Whereas on April 20, 2008, ABC 7 News in San Francisco reported that ``As 
        predicted, the price for a gallon of gas has broken through the $4 
        dollar a gallon mark. The Shell gas station at Bryant and 4th Street 
        just before the Bay Bridge has gas that is $4.19 a gallon for regular 
        unleaded. A Lundberg Survey from Friday shows that the national average 
        is $3.47 a gallon and the most expensive gas in the nation was in San 
        Francisco at $3.88.'';
Whereas on April 21, 2008, the Associated Press reported that, ``Diesel prices 
        at the pump also struck a record high of $4.20 a gallon, according to 
        AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. That's sure to add to 
        truckers' costs and drive up the price of food, clothing, and other 
        goods shipped by truck.'';
Whereas on April 22, 2008, almost 2 years to the day after Speaker Pelosi 
        announced that ``Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down 
        skyrocketing gas prices...'', the average retail price of gasoline was 
        $3.51 per gallon;
Whereas on April 22, 2008, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) still has not revealed 
        the Democrat plan to lower gas prices;
Whereas on April 22, 2008, USA Today reported that ``Americans already were 
        feeling pinched, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll five weeks ago, 
        when gasoline averaged about $3.28. About 63% said fuel prices were a 
        hardship. That's the biggest percentage recorded since 2005 by the poll, 
        which has asked the question since February 2000.'';
Whereas on April 22, 2008, the Associated Press reported that ``Gas and oil 
        prices marched further into record high territory Tuesday, with retail 
        gas reaching a national average of $3.51 for the first time and crude 
        passing $118...'';
Whereas an analysis from Jefferies and Co. found that, for every 25-cent-
        increase in the national price average for gasoline, an estimated 
        $100,000,000 is displaced from American consumers every single day;
Whereas 91 percent of all Americans commute to work using an automobile and the 
        increase in gasoline costs for the 3,300,000 Americans who drive at 
        least 50 miles each way to work every day has increased more than $1,200 
        since Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took the Speaker's gavel;
Whereas the average American drives approximately 12,000 miles per year and is 
        now paying $708 more than when Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took the 
        Speaker's gavel; and
Whereas the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, known as the ``traditional start of 
        the summer travel season'', is only a month away, and 9 out of every 10 
        summer trips made by American families are made in an automobile: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recommends that within 
5 legislative days the Speaker shall introduce in the form of a bill a 
commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gasoline and diesel 
prices.
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