[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S3756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            GASOLINE PRICES

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I wish to join my distinguished colleague, 
the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, in talking about the 
importance of moving judicial nominations through the Senate.
  I also, though, wish to start by briefly mentioning a couple numbers. 
The first is $3.61. This is the average price of a gallon of gasoline 
in America today. The next number I would like to show my colleagues is 
743. That is how many days it has been since Speaker Pelosi said she 
would--if elected Speaker--how long ago she said the Democrats would 
offer their commonsense plan for bringing down prices of gasoline at 
the pump. I would note we continue to wait for that commonsense plan, 
and Americans across this country are waiting for Congress to do 
something about it.
  I would note last Friday I joined a number of my colleagues, 
including the Senator from New Mexico, Mr. Domenici, and others in 
introducing a plan we think will help bring down the price of gasoline 
at the pump. Our colleagues, not surprisingly, may disagree. But we are 
waiting for their plan, all these 743 days. I think the American people 
are wondering and watching and wondering why we have not acted and why 
Speaker Pelosi, in particular, has not followed through on her 
commitment made more than 2 years ago.

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