Posted on 01/09/2008 1:16:49 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 01/09/2008 Pelosi: President Must Join Congress to Address Skyrocketing Energy Prices
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement following the release of Energy Information Administration data this week indicating gas prices are expected to average more than $3 a gallon through 2009 and peak near $3.50 this spring. EIA also released forecasts on home heating oil, which is expected to increase 37.6 percent over last winter.
"With families struggling with the rising cost of home heating, it is imperative that the Bush Administration release $590 million of LIHEAP emergency heating assistance funds that will help seniors and working families keep warm this winter.
"In addition to releasing LIHEAP assistance, the President can help Americans facing high energy prices by supporting our efforts to reinvest billions of subsidies for Big Oil in renewable fuels and clean energy and endorsing pro-consumer policies that will protect American’s from price gouging.
"When the President has worked with Democrats in Congress, we have accomplished great things, such as our historic energy legislation that saves consumers money and makes America more energy independent by raising fuel economy standards for cars and trucks and boosting our investment in homegrown biofuels. I hope the President will again join with us as the New Direction Congress fights to protect America’s working families from skyrocketing energy prices."
F*ck you Pelosi... You created this mess... Live with it.
President to congress; “Let’s remove federal tax from fuel, I’m sure the states will follow”.
Sure thing Nanc...first, let’s open up ANWAR to increase domestic supply.
Oh wait, I’m sorry...supply and demand are lost on moonbats like you.
First raise the minimum wage to $50.00/hr. Then print a whole lot more money. Then tax the crap out of everything that moves. There’s the Dimrat fix.
waive gas taxes? ‘bout the only thing they could do.
btw, if there were any real concervatives in Congress, they would propose a bill to do just this. It would get press, even if only alternative press. the goal - to highlight the ridiculous level of tax on gas, among other taxes.
why start working with the President, now, Nancee?
If the demoncrats would let us drill for more oil and start more refineries then we wouldn’t be in this mess.
No new refineries, no ANWAR, no off shore drilling, have killed the supply side of the equation. On the usage side, she wants to institute Global Warming taxes on utilities. And then she’s got the absolute nerve to whine about skyrocketing energy prices?
Where is the logic here?Why does no one in the MSM point this out? Oh, wait, they’re too busy gushing about Hillary’s tears.
Nancy needs to be sent a drill as day.
what is ridiculous is diverting gas tax money from road maintenance and building to pet projects.
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But Al Gore declared that a gallon of gasoline should cost $5.00 per gallon. That was in 2004. Wasn’t Ms.Pelosi listening?
She is just trying to blame the president for things that her congress did not fix. She had her chance to propose legislation to fix energy prices, and her plan was no good.
Go boink yourself, Peloopsi.
We could drill in ANWR....oh wait, that would actually work. Can’t have that, now can we?
New Direction Congress???
Didn’t she say she’d lower gas/oil prices when she got into office? Now she needs Bush’s help?
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