[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRESS PROACTIVE IN ADDRESSING ENERGY PROBLEM

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, as prices at the pump continue to hit 
record highs, the time has come to put partisanship behind us and come 
together to work and solve the problems to help American people who are 
struggling to make ends meet.
  We enacted legislation to inject into the market an additional 70,000 
barrels of oil per day by suspending shipments to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve beginning two weeks from today. We raised auto fuel 
efficiency standards for the first time in 30 years. And we are nearing 
completion of a bill to regulate the speculators who manipulate the 
price of oil in the worldwide market.
  This Congress has been proactive in doing everything we can to 
address the problem. Rather than pointing fingers, casting blame and 
trying to score cheap political points, I hope the minority in this 
Congress will join us in our effort to take swift and decisive action 
to address the rising price of gas.

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