Bob Filner: “this rule does nothing to bring down the obscenely high prices that we have been paying for electricity in California…”

“this rule does nothing to bring down the obscenely high prices that we have been paying for electricity in California and the rest of the West Coast for the last year. It does nothing. We are being gouged, and the Republicans refuse to do anything. If we were paying the price for bread that we are paying for electricity, we would be paying $19.99 for this loaf of bread. In fact, the price went up to $190 at some points during the last year. And what does this bill do for us in California and the rest of the coast? Nothing but crumbs. We get crumbs out of this bill. I will tell Members, many of my constituents have gone out of business during the last year in San Diego and the rest of the West Coast. Sixty-five percent of my constituents face bankruptcy in the next year if the prices do not go down. With this bill, my small business people are toast. Defeat this rule, defeat this bill. Let us have a real energy policy.”