[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 85 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H4457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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CALLING ON CONGRESS TO GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MORE ACCESS TO AMERICAN 
                                  OIL

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, this morning in my hometown of Columbus, 
Indiana, gasoline hit $3.99 a gallon, one-tenth of 1 cent just shy of 
$4 a gallon.
  So I rise this morning to ask my colleagues, what's it going to take? 
What's it going to take to get this Congress to take action to lessen 
our dependence on foreign oil?
  Now Democrats think we can tax our way to lower gas prices or, this 
week, sue our way to lower gas prices. But the American people know the 
only way to lessen our dependence on foreign oil is to lessen our 
dependence on foreign oil. Only by drilling in an environmentally 
responsible way on American soil and off American shores can the 
American people increase global supply and reduce the price of oil.
  As Memorial Day weekend approaches and Hoosiers headed to the lake 
see gasoline prices blow past $4 a gallon, I urge my fellow Americans, 
after $4 a gallon, after years of inaction, ask this Congress, what's 
it going to take to give the American people more access to American 
oil?

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