David Vitter said "In these townhall meetings, gas prices--the price at the pump--was not the first question that always came up. It was the first eight questions that always came up. In fact, of all of the discussion I had in all of these townhall meetings put together, about two-thirds of that entire discussion--that entire time--was about rising gasoline prices and energy prices. It is obviously affecting folks all across the country, certainly including in my home State of Louisiana. In early 2006, when this new Democratic Congress was sworn into office and came into power, the average price at the pump was $2.33 a gallon. The new leadership vowed they would do something about those sky-high prices. Well, apparently they did because now the average price at the pump is $3.98 a gallon--a staggering increase in a relatively short amount of time." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 4, 2008

In these townhall meetings, gas prices--the price at the pump--was not the first question that always came up. It was the first eight questions that always came up. In fact, of all of the discussion I had in all of these townhall meetings put together, about two-thirds of that entire discussion--that entire time--was about rising gasoline prices and energy prices. It is obviously affecting folks all across the country, certainly including in my home State of Louisiana. In early 2006, when this new Democratic Congress was sworn into office and came into power, the average price at the pump was $2.33 a gallon. The new leadership vowed they would do something about those sky-high prices. Well, apparently they did because now the average price at the pump is $3.98 a gallon--a staggering increase in a relatively short amount of time.

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David Vitter

Republican · Louisiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing rising gasoline prices during a speech on the Senate floor.

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