Political Quotes

“I want to first thank Chairman Hastings for his work on H.R. 4899, a bill that actually will ease the pain at the pump for moms and dads. There is no doubt about it. Just since President Obama has taken office, gasoline prices have more than doubled, and I am not telling the American people anything they don't know because, when they reach in their wallet and take out money to pay for that gas--just to go back and forth to work or take the children to their sporting events or to school--they realize that more of their discretionary income is going to pay the fuel that runs the cars and the trucks that they drive. I drive a diesel truck. I am paying--what--$3.69 a gallon, most recently. I took this picture at a pump there in South Carolina, $3.69 a gallon for on-road diesel fuel. Now, on that on-road diesel fuel is factored in all the highway taxes, but there was another pump right beside that one. It was for off-road diesel fuel. Now, historically, off-road diesel fuel is a lot less than on-road diesel fuel. Why? Because there are no Federal taxes involved. It is not going to run on the road, so they are not going to collect taxes for that. Where is that fuel used? It is used on farms. If you look at the price, it is $3.54 and 9/10 cents a gallon. What does that mean? Well, that means farmers that are just finishing putting their crops in the ground across this Nation paid $3.54 a gallon for off-road diesel fuel. Their input costs have gone up.…”