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Skyrocketing Price of Gas

Date: June 19, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas


SKYROCKETING PRICE OF GAS -- (House of Representatives - June 19, 2008)

(Mr. LUCAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, I come before you today to address the skyrocketing price of gas in Oklahoma, where the price for a gallon of gasoline at a station in my hometown of Cheyenne is now $3.95. This may be lower than the national average, but Oklahomans are actually paying more of their income on gas than people in areas where gas prices are higher.

According to a study by Common Current, Oklahoma City is ranked last in the ability to weather an oil and gas crisis. This is evidenced by the fact that families in Oklahoma's Third District are spending between 7 and 10 percent of their income on gas.

Congress has an opportunity to make sure that Americans don't have to choose between putting gas in their cars and necessities for their families through H.R. 2279, Expand American Refining Capacity on Closed Military Installations Act.

I ask my colleagues, support H.R. 2279. Sign the discharge petition. Bring this bill to the floor for a vote now.


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