[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PENCE DEMANDS ACTION ON HIGH GAS PRICES

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. The national average cost of gasoline at the pump today is 
$3.98 a gallon. When I was home over the Memorial Day break, one 
Hoosier after another stopped and asked me the same question. They 
said, Mike, what is it going to take? What is it going to take for 
Congress to take action to give the American people more access to 
American oil?
  The reality is today that the Democrat majority thinks that we can 
tax our way to lower gasoline prices. A few weeks ago, they actually 
passed legislation suggesting we could actually sue our way to lower 
gasoline prices. But the American people know the only way to lessen 
our dependence on foreign oil is to lessen our dependence on foreign 
oil.
  We must take action now to allow additional drilling in 
environmentally responsible ways on American soil off American shores 
so the American people can increase global supply, reduce the price of 
oil, and bring real relief to families and businesses and farmers at 
the pump.

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