Key Facts on the Majority’s Failure to Address Gas Prices:
President Bush, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress wrote and passed a Republican energy bill that President Bush’s own Energy Department said would raise gas prices on American consumers.
Big oil and gas companies wrote the Republican energy bill, and the American people paid the price.
The Majority rejected imposing tough penalties on price gouging companies three times in the past year, since that time, gas prices increased by another 11 cents a gallon.
Speaker Hastert and the Majority have been blocking action on Congressman Stupak’s Federal Response to Energy Emergencies Act (H.R. 3936) since last September, which would protect American consumers from high gas prices by empowering the FTC and the DOJ to investigate and prosecute oil companies engaged in price gouging at each stage of the energy production and distribution chain and outlaws market manipulation.
With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford to Rubber Stamp Congress and its failure to stand up to Republican big oil and gas company cronies. Americans this week are paying $2.91 a gallon on average for regular gasoline – 33 cents higher than last month, and double the price than when President Bush first came to office.
“With record gas prices, record CEO pay packages, and record oil company profits, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress continue to give the American people empty rhetoric rather than join Democrats who are working to lower gas prices now.
“Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”
Yes, folks this is part of a press release from congresswoman Pelosi on Monday, April 24, 2006 before she won election to Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Let’s look at her commonsense plan for a moment. It took 6 years to double the price of oil under our current president according to the congresswoman. She has now been Speaker for less than two years and under her stellar leadership the price of gas has close to doubled again.
Why is it that commonsense is so uncommon?
What is the reason that the price of oil is so high?
Why is it that with the democrats in power they could not write a law to fix this mess?
Why is it that the price of oil is still going up with little signs of it even flattening let alone dropping?
Is this what we should expect when the democrats take the White House, higher prices for everything?
Yes, the republicans in congress blew it big time when they started to act like democrats. We got mad and did not re-elect them. This is partly our fault because in getting rid of the democrat like republicans we allowed liberal democrats back in power and the result is higher prices for everything!
To those that say we should allow Senator Obama to ascend to the presidency to teach America a lesson, I say this.
ARE YOU INSANE!!!!!!?
Look at the damage they have done in just two years without the president being on their side. You want to give them the majority of the house, senate and the presidency in a time of war just to prove a point! Keep politics out of your decision and think about your wallet and your life. Both are in danger of being depleted with that deadly group of liberals in charge of our nation.
Yes, Senator Mc Cain is a liberal republican just like President Bush but at least he has sane people advising him.
I beg the American people do not do this to us. Do not elect liberals to our congress and the presidency unless you love being broke, in fear of your life, and hungry. This is not hyperbole, the last time this dangerous combination was in place, we had James E. Carter Jr. as president, 21% interest rates were the norm. Fuel was going out of sight, inflation was in double digits, and the world economy went into a recession that bordered on depression.
Do you really want this to happen again? You see from congresswoman Pelosi’s own press release that she promised to lower prices for the common people, and the result is higher prices for food and fuel. How much more of a point do you need to make. After four years of President Obama, Alfred E. Newman will look good to us. The problem is when a nation gets so desperate that they fear, they end up electing the wrong person, which is how Hitler came to power. Can you see a Hitler type of leader with the power of this nation at his disposal? Stop it now elect the old guy so we don’t have another Hitler this time with unlimited power.
