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On the recordApril 10, 2008
Friends, healthy beaches are important. We all want to benefit from them. I'd like to take my family to a beach. A lot of my constituents like to go there. But if they can't afford the gasoline in the minivan to get them to appreciate these healthy beaches, for what benefit? The Democrats, when they were in the majority, promised us, I've got the quotes, they promised us lower gas prices, lower gas prices. I read the quotes. Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, I've got one from Jim Clyburn. Lower prices. What do we have? Higher prices? And it's about time you started accepting responsibility and do something about these high prices.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois
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Addressing rising gas prices and their impact on families and beach access.

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