Sen. Cornyn Calls on Congressional Leaders to Act on Record-High Energy Prices

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Sen. Cornyn Calls on Congressional Leaders to Act on Record-High Energy Prices

Visits Waco Gas Station, North Texas Food Bank to Highlight Growing Problem, Call for Action

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today visited the Flying J Travel Plaza in Waco and the North Texas Food Bank in Dallas to discuss the serious burden record-high energy prices are having on Texas families and the continued refusal of the Majority Party in Congress to take action to bring down prices at the pump.

"In Waco, Dallas and across the state, Texas families are struggling to afford gasoline and groceries. Yet Democratic leaders in Congress have refused to identify with the real Americans they represent and have sat idly by as gas prices have risen 35 percent in the past year. Millions of Texans and others across the country are demanding action from Congress to bring down these record prices. I share their frustration.

"I call on Democratic leaders in Congress to step up to their leadership responsibilities and work with us to produce more American energy and bring down record gas prices for Texans and all Americans. It is long overdue. Every day we delay producing more of our own energy here at home is another day Americans pay record prices at the pump and send U.S. dollars into the coffers of unstable foreign nations.

"We need to act more and talk less. It is now up to the Senate Democratic Leader to allow us to act by bringing an energy bill to the floor and for him to allow good ideas from all sides to be considered."

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