[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2803]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                GAS PRICES TOO HIGH--PEOPLE ARE HURTING

  (Mr. RADANOVICH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, the American people are paying almost $2 
a gallon for gas while the Clinton administration is asleep at the 
wheel. Gas prices are too high, and people are hurting.
  Mr. Speaker, why do mothers have to choose between a gallon of gas 
and a gallon of milk? The American people have to swallow the soaring 
price of fuel at the pumps, seriously jeopardizing their livelihoods.
  Whether it is a tractor-trailer, a delivery van, or a family minivan, 
gasoline prices are making Californians choke. Still, the Clinton 
administration has done nothing.
  Since 1993, when Al Gore broke the tie in the U.S. Senate to impose 
this administration's gas tax, U.S. oil production has declined by 17 
percent, oil producing jobs have declined by 27 percent, and 36 U.S. 
refineries have closed their doors.
  We need action now, not later, Mr. Speaker. Gas prices need to be 
lowered now.

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