Political Quotes

“I could not help but get a little bristle on the back of my neck sitting in my office listening to all of the rhetoric that is being said here on the floor this morning. The complaints about the marketplace, the complaints about charges, the cost of goods based on supply and demand in the marketplace and, yes, the prices are too high. It is costing too much for families to pull up to the gas pump for the purpose of either commuting to work, visiting family or taking a vacation. Why is it like this? It is because of the lack of planning and having a domestic energy policy for this Nation. The previous administration avoided the issue, stayed away from the issue, did not want to address it, and over the last few years we have become more and more dependent on foreign oil, and that is wrong. But it is not only just the oil. We cannot even handle the refinery of oil for gasoline and fuel and other products. What we do not hear them talk about is the price that Congress charges for gasoline and fuel, and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant) is well aware of this. Yes, we charge, we the Congress of the United States, charge for every gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel that is used in this Nation. Eighteen cents a gallon for gasoline; 24 cents a gallon for diesel fuel, fuel that is used to transport products all over this Nation that we each buy as a consumer. People do not think that adds to the price of those products?”