[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 83 (Wednesday, June 16, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H4178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SOARING GAS PRICES

  (Mr. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, after months of record-breaking gasoline 
prices, the pocketbooks of America's working families are hurting. 
Rising gas prices mean working families have less money to spend on 
important items, such as clothing and groceries, a factor that hurts 
our overall economy as well as individual families. Family vacations 
are being canceled.
  Today, the average price of a gallon of gas in the United States is 
$2.10, but in Iraq the cost of one gallon of gasoline is only 5 cents. 
It only costs $1.10 to fill up a 22-gallon tank in Baghdad.
  Americans deserve to know why their gas prices are soaring out of 
control, and, just as importantly, Americans need a solution. It is 
time to pass a real, meaningful, common sense, comprehensive energy 
policy and bring down the high cost of gasoline for America's working 
families.

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