[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6564]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRESS MUST ACT ON ENERGY PRICES

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, my constituents are concerned about high 
gas prices. We are a commuter district in western North Carolina, and 
so when we move to go to the marketplace, if we go to take our kids to 
school, we have to get an automobile and pay for gasoline. My 
constituents are struggling under these high gas prices.
  It's about time that this Congress acted so we have more refineries, 
that we have new exploration here at home so we don't have to be 
dependent on foreign oil. And we must invest in alternatives long term 
so we don't have to rely on foreign oil at all.
  Mr. Speaker, it's about time this Congress acted, and tax increases 
are not the way to do it. It is to increase production. That will help 
get down these high gas prices.

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