We know gas prices are a woman's issue. If anything is driving up groceries and family bills, it is gas. This whole issue today of lifting the ban on drilling--is the Senator from California aware that there are currently 68 million acres of land, Federal land, on which the oil companies have a lease, and if they wanted to drill, they could drill?
Barbara Mikulski: “We know gas prices are a woman's issue. If anything is driving up groceries and family bills, it is gas. This whole…”
On the recordJune 18, 2008
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Discussing the impact of gas prices on families and the availability of federal land for drilling.
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