[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 51 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ADDRESSING ENERGY NEEDS

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, when President Bush took office 5 years 
ago, the average price at the gas pump was $1.45. It has more than 
doubled over the past 5 years. And Republicans over the past 5 years 
have controlled the House, the Senate and the White House. Washington 
Republicans have done nothing to pass a sound energy policy that would 
wean us from foreign oil, create conservation programs, and provide 
incentives to develop alternative fuels, programs that would help us 
provide consumers some relief.
  It took Republicans 4 years before they finally passed an energy 
bill, but that bill continued massive subsidies to the oil industry 
like the rip-off ``royalty in kind'' program. The President's own 
Energy Department admitted at the time that the energy bill would do 
absolutely nothing to lower gas prices. Five years of Republican power, 
and 5 years of no positive results for the consumer.

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