[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 9037]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION DOING TO COMBAT THE RISING PRICE OF GASOLINE

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, every day my constituents and people all 
around America go to a gasoline station to put gasoline in their cars 
and see that the prices are rising and rising and rising to a point of 
ridiculousness. I want to know what is the administration doing to 
combat this problem.
  When the price of a barrel of oil goes up, gasoline prices go up, but 
when the cost of a barrel of oil goes down, gasoline prices still go 
up.
  Americans remember the gasoline prices started dropping conveniently 
just before the last election in 2006. Is it a coincidence? I don't 
know, but certainly I do know that nothing is happening, and every 
single day Americans are feeling the pinch at the pump.
  I call on the administration to take action. Enough is enough. I 
don't know if it's collusion. I don't know what it is. I just know it's 
wrong, and prices should be dropping when the cost of a barrel of oil 
goes down, not getting higher.

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