[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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         EXPAND DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION TO REDUCE GAS PRICES

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, last week, I heard from my constituents 
about the impact rising gas prices are having on their families and on 
their small businesses.
  Congress must act to protect our constituents from even higher gas 
prices by expanding our Nation's domestic energy production. The 
solution is pretty simple--let's expand American energy production. 
This will reduce the cost of gas, putting money back in the wallets of 
every American, and it will create the kind of good-paying jobs that so 
many people need and would help get our economy moving again.
  The House has already passed four bills to expand domestic energy 
production. It's time for the Senate to pass those bills and send them 
to President Obama so that he can show us whether his commitment to an 
all-of-the-above energy policy is mere rhetoric.
  Creating jobs, saving our constituents money, and helping our economy 
should be bipartisan goals, and we can achieve them by expanding 
American energy production.

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