On the recordJune 11, 2008
Yes, they seem to believe that the President's drill more and veto policy is the right way to go when it comes to our energy policy. And I'll tell you, as I often call myself, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Ryan, a minivan mom because I have three young kids, I spend most of my time, when I'm home, driving them from diving practice to baseball games to gymnastics, and it consumes quite a bit of gas. So when I'm home and have to go and fill up that gas tank, which I did just last week before I came back to Washington, it cost me $76, Mr. Ryan. And we've done 30-something in the last few weeks, and I think the last time I was here it cost me $62 to fill up my gas tank, the last time we talked about this. And we've gone from $62, I'm at $76. The week before last I was at $72. The week before that, I was at $68 to fill up the tank. I mean, so now we're talking about real money. Seventy-six dollars is what a very small amount of groceries cost. And that's money that is the difference between someone being able to buy the groceries in the supermarket or put gasoline in the tank or make sure that they can take their kids to the doctor and make that copayment for the doctor's appointment. I mean, we have record gas prices now that are hurting, cutting people to the quick.
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