[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  DEMOCRATS HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF TRYING TO LOWER OUR NATION'S GAS 
                                 PRICES

  (Mr. SIRES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, the record price of gasoline is pinching the 
wallets of every American. It seems every day the price hits another 
record. Since day one this Democratic House has been committed to 
lowering prices at the pump and adopting a smarter energy future.
  Thanks to a Democratic Congress, President Bush finally agreed to 
temporarily suspend sending oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a 
move that will instantly lower gas prices by about a quarter when it 
goes into effect by the end of this month.
  Thanks to this Democratic Congress, the Federal Trade Commission 
recently agreed to implement the market manipulation authority that it 
was given in an energy law that we passed last year. This agreement 
should ensure that the U.S. petroleum market is free from price and 
supply manipulation.
  Mr. Speaker, the Bush administration would have never acted on these 
two issues had it not been for the persistence of this Democratic 
Congress. We will continue to pressure the administration and 
congressional Republicans to join us in lowering gas prices.

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