[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H4880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       LEADERSHIP DEMANDS ACTION

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, Americans are demanding action 
as they're being battered by sky-high gas prices.
  The relentless unwillingness to act by this majority has left my 
constituents fuming and looking for action, not more of the same 
rhetoric and politics.
  We sit at the precipice of four dollar gasoline. How much higher do 
these costs have to go before the majority will act? Five dollars? Six 
dollars? Ten dollars? Is the Democrat majority so out of touch with the 
American people?
  On this side of the aisle, we have produced an action plan to 
increase access to new sources of energy, increase American production, 
encourage alternative fuels, and incentivize conservation. We are ready 
to act.
  Madam Speaker, gas prices have increased 70 percent since you took 
control of Congress, and it's your duty to act. I call on you to allow 
the responsible Republican energy plan to come to this floor.
  Madam Speaker, idleness is not leadership.

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