[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 28, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SOARING GAS PRICES

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. For 21 days in a row, gas prices have risen 
to average now $3.70 per gallon--a 30-cent increase in only 1 month. At 
this rate, Americans could be forking over four bucks for a gallon of 
gas in no time. That's insane.
  American families and businesses are already struggling in this 
economy, so I'm calling on the IRS to provide relief for businesses by 
increasing the standard mileage rate like it did after Hurricane 
Katrina and again in 2005 and 2011. With gas prices rising higher and 
faster than ever, the administration and Congress need to take action 
now: beginning with the Keystone XL pipeline, estimated to bring 
830,000 barrels of oil every day to U.S. refineries, and Keystone would 
create nearly 20,000 new American jobs.
  Let's pursue a real all-of-the-above energy strategy, and let's give 
Americans the security and relief that they want, need, and deserve.

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