[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           RELIEF AT THE PUMP

  (Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, it really troubles me that the United 
States is borrowing money from China to buy oil from Saudi Arabia to 
put in cars from Japan.
  We have been working hard to pass legislation that will bring down 
prices at the pump and help America end its dependence on foreign oil.
  We signed into law the first vehicle fuel efficiency standards in 
three decades which will save drivers approximately $1,000 a year. We 
passed an historic commitment to American biofuels which are keeping 
gas prices 15 percent lower than they would be otherwise. And House 
Democrats pressured Mr. Bush to stop sending oil to the government 
reserve, which put more oil on the market to fight rising gas prices.
  This Democratic-led Congress has also passed legislation to curb 
excess speculation to prevent price gouging and to expand tax 
incentives for renewable energy.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for us to stop being partisan and try to move 
toward progress.

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