[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13711]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REDUCE PRICE AT THE PUMP

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, in middle Tennessee today, you are going 
to pay about $3.93 for a gallon of gas. My constituent families know 
that this price is outrageous, and they know that now they are being 
faced with choices: How much are they going to put in the tank or how 
much are they going to put in that grocery cart when they go to the 
grocery store? This is unacceptable, and my constituents know that.
  They also know that there are some things that we could and should be 
doing. May I offer a suggestion to that, Mr. Speaker. Here is a simple 
way to start:
  To the Democrat leadership, admit you made a mistake, and repeal the 
so-called Energy Independence and Security Act that you passed last 
December that didn't produce one bit of oil or gas or move anything to 
the marketplace. It put in place roadblocks, and we have far too many 
roadblocks to putting gas into the pumps and into our cars.
  Specifically, let's repeal section 526 of this so-called Energy 
Policy Act, and let's get rid of a roadblock that makes it more 
difficult for the U.S. Government to address the needs that we have 
and, certainly, for our Air Force.
  There are many things that we could and should be doing before we 
leave for July 4. There are things that we could and should be doing to 
make certain that our constituents have a safer July 4th celebration.
  Let's reduce the price at the pump.

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