[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 129 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H7636-H7637]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                  THE EFFECTS OF HIGH GASOLINE PRICES

  (Mr. CARTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, today in Texas the temperature is going to 
be about 103 to 105 degrees. It's going to be hot, and it's been hot 
for the last 2 weeks.
  Last night I had the pleasure of visiting with some of my 
constituents back home, several hundred of them. And at this time of 
the year, Texans generally try to get their old folks and their kids 
out of the heat wherever they can. So historically Texans have loaded 
up in their pickups with their campers or their tents, and they have 
gone to visit our neighbors in New Mexico and Colorado to get a little 
bit

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up in the mountains and get a little bit cooler so we can stay alive 
when this heat hits us.
  But it's not happening in Texas today because, quite frankly, 
ordinary folks can't afford to load up their pickup, put gasoline in 
it, and drive the distance it takes to get to the mountains. And 
they're concerned about it, and they're worried about it. And they want 
to know if they are having to take the heat, why can't this House stand 
the heat and stay here until we have resolved this issue of offshore 
drilling and drilling in other parts of the country.

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