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Virginia Foxx: “I want to point out that right now gasoline is $3.64 a gallon on average. That's 56 percent higher than when Speaker…”

On the recordMay 8, 2008
I want to point out that right now gasoline is $3.64 a gallon on average. That's 56 percent higher than when Speaker Pelosi was sworn in, and it is 745 days after she promised this: "Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices." And that was when gas was just about $2 a gallon, not $3.64.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Discussing energy independence and rising gas prices during a floor speech.

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