[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 45 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE HIGH PRICE OF GAS

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I listened to my good friend 
Congressman Poe from Texas a few minutes ago, and I was wondering if 
the President at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, if he is in town and not 
campaigning someplace, is paying any attention. If I had a chance--and 
I know I can't address the President from the well, but if I could 
address the President from the well, I would say:
  Mr. President, the people of this country are hurting; inflation is 
taking off on all kinds of food products and anything else that is 
being transported by truck. It is because of the energy costs. Gasoline 
is at an almost all-time high, and you, Mr. President, should be paying 
attention to it. We ought to be drilling off the Continental Shelf and 
in the ANWR and in the Gulf of Mexico, and we ought to be fracking. We 
ought to be also using coal and oil shale. Mr. President, you're not 
doing any of those things, and the people are suffering. Stay home. Pay 
attention, Mr. President. It's your job.

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