Political Quotes

“Battling charge, that's what I like. Finally we get to talk about supply. Mr. Speaker, for 18 months I have been coming to the floor to talk about the importance of bringing more supply to our economy so that prices would go down. Finally we have it, and I want to thank you for making the point. If you want to lower the cost, you've got to bring on supply. It was $58 a barrel when your majority came into power, $58. What is it today? It's $126. What has it done? I'm glad my friend talked about gas prices. It wasn't George Bush who promised to lower gas prices. It was Speaker Pelosi in 2006, Steny Hoyer in 2006, Jim Clyburn in 2006, who said, ``We have a plan to lower gas prices.'' That's their quote. I have said it here 20 times here on this floor. ``We have a plan.'' They've got a plan all right. It's not to lower gas prices; it's to raise gas prices. What has happened to a gallon of gas? It was $2.33 when this majority came in. What is it today? It is $3.77. Now my colleague from Massachusetts brings on climate change for a 50 cent additional tax per gallon of gas, per the chairman of the Commerce Committee. We would be paying $4.27 for a gallon of gas. That's not the type of change we need. We need to bring on supply.”