[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                BIG OIL

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. In my home county of Los Angeles, hardworking, middle class 
families are struggling every day to put gas in their cars so that they 
can get to work and take their children to school. But I did a double 
take recently when I saw that a gas station in my district had the 
highest price per gallon in the country--almost $5 a gallon.
  What is the Republican response? They just released their budget. It 
gives more tax breaks to Big Oil. They don't want to reward you for 
working hard. They want to reward ExxonMobil which made $34 billion 
last year in pure profits, more money than any other company in the 
world.
  You are stuck paying over $4 a gallon for gas and the Republicans 
also want you to pay $4 billion in tax breaks for Big Oil?
  Stop the $4 billion Republican giveaway. Let's make smart investments 
that will lower gas prices and put Americans back to work. It is time 
to say ``no'' to the GOP, the Grand Oil Party.

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