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Bill Lee: “Let me just say how important that is because we are the people's House. Americans don't understand why they are paying…”

On the recordJune 23, 2008
Let me just say how important that is because we are the people's House. Americans don't understand why they are paying $4.50 per gallon. They expect us to be able to tell them. I think by observing OPEC, being there, interacting and understanding, listening to the dialogue, will give us a much better handle on what the crisis is from OPEC's perspective and what proposed solutions are coming out of OPEC. I hope we can move forward on that because I think that is a very creative idea. We have to do things out of the box and do things that are creative because so many people are suffering. Thank you for that, and hopefully we can work together to support that.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of understanding OPEC's role in rising gas prices.

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