[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEMOCRATS' BROKEN PROMISES

  (Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Well, it's been reported in the press that 
the Democrats have horrifically failed as the majority in Congress of 
getting almost anything done. You know, they made promise after promise 
to try to help the American people and, to no surprise really, most of 
those promises are now broken.
  This is evident by the fact that there's been a dramatic increase in 
the price of oil that we all have had to suffer and go through. Some 
people now call that the ``Pelosi Premium.''
  Before taking the majority, the Democrats vowed that they would 
address this issue and, more importantly, that they had a plan. Well, 
here we are 16 months into this administration of this Congress, 
where's the plan?
  Now I was on the floor just last week. At that time the cost of oil 
was about $115 a barrel. This week it's approaching $120 a barrel. $5 
increase in just 1 week. Where is it going to be a week from now or a 
month from now or the summertime? I can only guess.
  I can also guess as to when are the Democrats going to make the 
American people and their family budget a priority, as opposed to these 
other things we've been doing on the floor?
  We really can't afford to keep on paying these skyrocketing energy 
prices and gas prices. If only the majority weren't so occupied with 
their special interest spending and earmarks, we would be able to focus 
on the energy problem.

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