[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7669-7670]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ALLOW A VOTE ON THE PUMP ACT

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, this weekend I held four town hall meetings 
in my vast rural northern Michigan district. I put on over 700 miles as 
I traveled from small town to small town to meet with my constituents. 
The number one concern of my constituents was the extremely high price 
of gasoline.

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  My constituents can't afford to drive the distances necessary to go 
to and from work. My constituents know they cannot afford the $50 to 
fill their gas tank. My constituents know that my PUMP legislation, 
Prevent Unfair Manipulating of Prices, would end the speculation in the 
pricing of a barrel of oil. My constituents know the legislation would 
reduce the cost of a barrel of oil by $20 and would lower the cost of 
the gas at the pump by one-third.
  We could do that today.
  My constituents also know that President Bush and the rubber-stamp 
Republican-controlled Congress will not allow a vote on my legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, let's lower gas prices today. Let's lower it by bringing 
forward the PUMP legislation for a vote in this House, and do the 
people's work instead of the oil companies' work.

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