[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 129 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               GAS PRICES

  (Mr. HALL of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HALL of New York. Mr. Speaker, gas prices in New York are still 
at the outrageous price of $4.19, well above what working families in 
the Hudson Valley can bear. They are looking to us in the government 
for answers, and Congress needs to respond.
  The fact is that the Democratic majority has advanced a wide variety 
of proposals to provide relief. We have pushed tax credits for fuel-
efficient vehicles and renewables, we've called for Big Oil to drill on 
its land that it has already leased and gotten permits for, and 
advocated a release from the SPR. Each time President Bush and his 
allies have opposed these measures and are holding real energy 
solutions hostage to their insistence on old, ineffective drilling 
proposals.
  The Republican minority treats our energy crisis like a multiple 
choice question. The problem is that they keep answering ``none of the 
above.'' On this side of the aisle, we will keep pushing solutions to 
responsibly enhance American energy supplies and usher in an innovative 
and independent energy future.
  I hope that after the break our friends on the other side of the 
aisle will come back to Congress ready to cooperate instead of standing 
in the way.

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