[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               GAS PRICES

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, I rise today because high gas prices are 
placing an increasingly heavy burden on everyone, including my fellow 
West Virginians. As gas prices continue to spike, we deserve a sound 
energy policy that creates new domestic sources of energy, increases 
supply and puts downward pressure on gas prices.
  I've supported anti-gouging legislation and called on the President 
to halt shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which could 
increase supply and possibly save as much as 24 cents from the price of 
a gallon of gas.
  We've also increased fuel economy standards to make each gallon 
stretch a little further. Yet West Virginians deserve a more 
comprehensive, long-term solution that provides real stability and 
actually leads to the creation of new energy.
  From clean coal to oil exploration and drilling to our desperate need 
for new refineries to expanded natural gas exploration, we have a wide 
range of options and ways to make a difference. Unfortunately, many of 
my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have stood in the way of a 
truly comprehensive energy policy.
  It's time that Congress stop the rhetoric and work for real 
solutions.

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