[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         OIL HITS $118 A BARREL

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, oil has hit $118 a barrel. Gas is $3.50 to 
$4 a gallon. Fox News this morning said some experts say it will be $5 
a gallon by later this summer.
  Most environmental radicals and extremists seem to come from very 
wealthy or very upper-income families. They want gas to go even higher 
so people will drive less. Perhaps the wealthy leaders of the Sierra 
Club and some of these other environmental groups aren't being hurt, 
but they are really hurting the poor and the lower income and the 
working people of this country.
  We don't need to produce all of our oil here domestically, but if we 
would just start producing a little bit more, then some of the OPEC 
countries and foreign energy producers would hold their prices down. We 
need to not let this country be sent into a deeper recession by 
environmental extremists and radicals.

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