[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7036]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   STICKING IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Well, it's happened. Gas is over four bucks a gallon. 
It's killing our economic recovery, American families and small 
businesses.
  Now, Goldman Sachs, not exactly a friend of the consumer, says that 
60 to 85 cents per gallon is purely useless, speculative activity. And 
what are the Republicans running the House of Representatives going to 
do about that? Nothing. They're going to pretend that future possible 
leasing off Virginia 10 years from now will do something about today's 
prices. It won't.
  But why are they like, bait-and-switch? Why are they passing these 
phony bills and not taking on the price gouging and the speculation? 
Because that would mean taking on Big Oil and Wall Street. And, guess 
what? They're always looking forward to the next campaign, and Big Oil 
and Wall Street have been so generous to the new majority that they 
don't want to upset them. So they want to pretend they stand with their 
constituents and consumers, but they're really standing behind Big Oil 
and Wall Street.
  Congratulations, guys. You just stuck it to the American people and 
the economy.

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