Deborah Koff Ross: “after months of record-breaking gasoline prices, the pocketbooks of America's working families are hurting. Rising gas…”

“after months of record-breaking gasoline prices, the pocketbooks of America's working families are hurting. Rising gas prices mean working families have less money to spend on important items, such as clothing and groceries, a factor that hurts our overall economy as well as individual families. Family vacations are being canceled. Today, the average price of a gallon of gas in the United States is $2.10, but in Iraq the cost of one gallon of gasoline is only 5 cents. It only costs $1.10 to fill up a 22-gallon tank in Baghdad. Americans deserve to know why their gas prices are soaring out of control, and, just as importantly, Americans need a solution. It is time to pass a real, meaningful, common sense, comprehensive energy policy and bring down the high cost of gasoline for America's working families.”