[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE PRESIDENT AND GAS PRICES

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address gas prices and the 
Democrats selective agenda on talking about them.
  Up until recently, over the last year, gas prices have risen, and the 
Democrats jumped on this issue and played the blame game. They 
condemned President Bush repeatedly saying it was the President's 
fault.
  The Republican-led Congress and administration began to explore new 
options to increase domestic output to help lower the cost at the pump. 
The Republican Congress continued their battle to open ANWR. Seventy-
five percent of Alaskans want ANWR opened for oil exploration and all 
of the elected officials at the Federal level want it open. The area 
that would be explored is roughly the size of a postage stamp on a 
football field, yet the Democrats continue to obstruct this effort.
  The Democrat solution to rising gas problems was not a policy or a 
proposal; it was simply ``no'' to Republican and administration 
proposals and blaming the President.
  What astounds me so is now that the gas prices are falling, where is 
the Democrats' praise for the President's efforts? Gas prices are 
falling, and all I hear from the other side of the aisle are crickets.

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