On the recordMay 10, 2006
We have good graph-makers among our staff. You talk about summer gas prices. Just look at the difference over the years since the Republicans have been in charge. In 2002, Mr. Carnahan, the average price of a gallon of gas was $1.39; that was the summer of 2002. Then you go to the summer of 2003, it was $1.57. 2004, $1.90. Move over to the summer of just last year, $2.37. And then this April, just last month, we hit $2.91. Now, most of us in the last several weeks have all paid over $3 in most communities across America. So this is the reality of the rosy Republican economy that they have been describing and painting for us over the last several days.
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