Michele Bachmann: “I thank you for the privilege of being able to address the House for this special order of 60 minutes. And the topic…”

“I thank you for the privilege of being able to address the House for this special order of 60 minutes. And the topic tonight will be on the topic that's on the minds of Americans all across this country. It's the high price of energy and the impact that that is having on the middle class, on families, on individuals, on farmers and on businessmen. There is nothing that is shocking us more now, Mr. Speaker, than the high cost of energy and the impact that that is having directly on people all across the country. When I came into Washington, D.C. this week from my home in Minnesota, I had the privilege of representing the great people in the Sixth Congressional District in Minnesota. And I was reading the newspaper. And I was reading a few things. And I just wanted to bring a couple of headlines to the attention of the American people. Here is one of the headlines that I read this week when I came in. It was on Tuesday of this week. This headline in USA Today said 'will gas prices plateau after hitting another record?'.”