[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




THANKING REPUBLICANS FOR SUPPORTING THE NO OIL PRODUCING AND EXPORTING 
                          CARTELS ACT OF 2008

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank my colleagues on the 
Republican side of the aisle and in particular Representatives Ryan, 
Sensenbrenner, and Petri from Wisconsin for joining me in passing this 
bill yesterday. It's called the ``No Oil Producing and Exporting 
Cartels Act of 2008.''
  For 7 years the Cheney and Bush administration has done nothing, 
nothing at all to break up the oil cartels overseas. They have done 
nothing to reduce the cost of our gasoline at the pump. And wherever I 
have been in Wisconsin, from Green Bay to Appleton, from Marinette to 
Minocqua, and everywhere I go in northeast Wisconsin, people are 
saying, ``Kagen, there are two things you can do to put more money in 
my pocket: Cut the cost of gasoline and reduce our health care costs.'' 
And this bill, voted on and supported by 103 Republicans in a 
bipartisan manner, will help to do just that. It will make it illegal 
for anyone to conspire to raise our price of gasoline.
  Thank you, thank you, my Republicans, for supporting me in this act.

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