[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PRESIDENT PROPOSING TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, for 6 years President Bush and Republican 
Congresses ignored the record gas prices that seemed to pop up every 
year just before Memorial Day. Once again this year, American consumers 
are paying for their inaction.
  Finally, last week President Bush announced an executive order 
addressing this growing problem. Unfortunately, his plan doesn't call 
for any action until the weeks before he leaves office in 2009, and 
this is far too little and years too late.
  Since taking control of Congress this year, Democrats have already 
passed measures to reduce the price of gas in this country and invest 
in renewable energy. We are dedicated to curbing our Nation's addiction 
to foreign oil and investing in our resources in the Midwest, instead 
of buying more from the Middle East.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats refuse to stand idly by while gas prices rise 
across the country. This week we will fight price gouging, something 
that the past Republican Congresses were unwilling to do.
  American consumers need help now, not in 2009, and this new 
Democratic Congress is going to deliver.

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