[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         WHAT ARE THE DEMOCRATS' SOLUTIONS TO HIGH GAS PRICES?

  (Mr. WESTMORELAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, I want to read a few floor comments, 
if I could.
  This one is made July 28, 2005, in a floor statement by Congressman 
Jim McDermott:
  ``Republicans have written a bill that favors corporate America over 
mainstream America. Sixty dollars for a barrel of oil that breaks the 
backs and the budgets of mainstream Americans is a scandal.''
  Mr. Speaker, I wonder what Mr. McDermott thinks about $119 a barrel 
of oil.
  Mr. Speaker, on April 20, 2005, in a floor statement, then minority 
leader Nancy Pelosi said this:
  ``The Republican energy bill is warmed-over stew of old provisions 
and outdated policies. Democrats have better ideas.''
  Mr. Speaker, I challenge the Democrats to bring forth these better 
ideas because since the Democrats have taken control, gas prices are up 
over $1.25 a gallon.
  Mr. Speaker, May 23, 2006, in a floor statement by Mr. Frank Pallone:
  ``As Americans prepare to travel this weekend for the Memorial Day 
holiday, they should know that Democrats are offering real solutions.''
  Mr. Pallone, we need to see those solutions.

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