[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12170-12171]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      DEMOCRATS TAKE ACTION ON RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES AT THE PUMP

  (Ms. LEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, as the prices at the pump continue to hit 
record highs, House Democrats know that the American people are 
struggling with these outrageously high prices. Some people are having 
to choose between buying gasoline and food. Others cannot afford to go 
to work.
  Before the Bush administration conducted the bombing, the war and the 
occupation of Iraq, the price of gasoline was as low as $1.35 per 
gallon. Now it's over $4 per gallon. Oil was $23 a barrel. Now it's 
over $130 a barrel. There is no way, no way you can convince the 
American people that the price at the pump is not related to this 
misguided war and occupation of Iraq.
  The effects of the Bush-Iraq recession, and that is what it is, are 
devastating our economy and wreaking

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havoc on the lives of families and children. It's time our Republican 
friends in the Bush administration join us in supporting our 
legislation to bring down the price of gasoline, and it is time to end 
the war and occupation of Iraq.
  Believe me, this will bring down the price of gasoline at the pump.

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