[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 56 (Wednesday, May 10, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ALLOW A VOTE ON THE PUMP ACT

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, this weekend I held four town hall meetings 
in my vast rural northern Michigan district. I put on over 700 miles as 
I traveled from small town to small town to meet with my constituents. 
The number one concern of my constituents was the extremely high price 
of gasoline.
  My constituents can't afford to drive the distances necessary to go 
to and from work. My constituents know they cannot afford the $50 to 
fill their gas tank. My constituents know that my PUMP legislation, 
Prevent Unfair Manipulating of Prices, would end the speculation in the 
pricing of a barrel of oil. My constituents know the legislation would 
reduce the cost of a barrel of oil by $20 and would lower the cost of 
the gas at the pump by one-third.
  We could do that today.
  My constituents also know that President Bush and the rubber-stamp 
Republican-controlled Congress will not allow a vote on my legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, let's lower gas prices today. Let's lower it by bringing 
forward the PUMP legislation for a vote in this House, and do the 
people's work instead of the oil companies' work.

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