Angie Craig: “let me pick up where the Senator from Mississippi left off. What he has been saying about the economy and the figures…”

“let me pick up where the Senator from Mississippi left off. What he has been saying about the economy and the figures out there is certainly accurate. The gloom and doom story we have heard over the last 6 months has all of a sudden gone quiet. The reason for that is the very reason the Senator from Mississippi spoke of: the tax incentives we put into place, the investments that are beginning to work, and unprecedented levels of hiring and job creation are underway. There is something I come to speak about that is of growing concern to me, and I think to thousands of American consumers, if not millions, and the impact it could have on a growing economy, and that is energy and the cost of energy. Yesterday, I came to the floor to speak on that issue. The senior Senator from Nevada, Mr. Reid, came later to say I was unnecessarily, righteously indignant about the Energy bill. You are darn right I am righteous and sometimes indignant when the American consumer is paying $2 per gallon at the pump--and some more than that--and they should not have to be. But they are, and the reason is because the Senate has not acted. No, passing the Energy bill tomorrow is not going to bring the price of gas down at the pump. But if you are in a hole and it is getting deeper and you are still digging, you ought to stop digging. But we have not stopped digging.”