[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11199]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HELP OUR FAMILIES

  (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I learned yesterday 
from reports that the State of South Carolina has the lowest gas in the 
Nation. It was reported that the average gas price in South Carolina is 
$3.79, and most other States have an average of about 20 cents higher 
or right at $4.
  A lot of people would think that's good news. In fact, some would 
give me the opportunity to congratulate South Carolina. But I'm not 
going to use this platform to deliver good news because it's not good 
news.
  It's not good news to the South Carolina citizens or citizens 
anywhere in this country. What would be good news is to see that the 
``commonsense'' energy plan that was promised by the majority party is 
brought to the floor.
  I am tired of my families putting their hard-earned paychecks into 
their tanks every week, Madam Speaker. The American citizens need good 
news, and we need to bring energy legislation to the floor now to help 
our hard-working families.

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