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John Shimkus: “Funny. No talk about gasoline, no talk about the high energy prices. The number one issue affecting consumers today and…”

On the recordApril 22, 2008
Funny. No talk about gasoline, no talk about the high energy prices. The number one issue affecting consumers today and the pocketbooks of mom and dad and driving kids to events is the high cost of gasoline. When this majority took over, the price of a barrel of crude oil was $58.31. Today--actually, this is wrong--it was updated at $117. It did get to $118 a barrel. When you don't have a plan, you plan to fail. I would hope that the Democrat majority would, in their negotiations, talk about how they are going to address the high cost of energy in this country.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois
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Addressing the rising cost of gasoline and energy prices during a discussion on legislative negotiations.

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