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On the recordMay 3, 2006
I am going to vote for H.R. 5253 because I think it is a good bill and a timely bill. What took so long? Last September, Representative Bart Stupak, Representative Stephanie Herseth, and I drafted H.R. 3936, the Free Act, which would impose severe penalties on oil companies, gas stations, and anyone who would collude to raise the price of gas. But for eight months the Republican leadership of this House has sat on this legislation and not allowed it to move forward. Only now, after gas prices have risen to new heights, do the Republicans bring up this bill and call it their own. I urge support on H.R. 5253, but the American people deserve better leadership in this body.
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Emerson Etheridge
Ind. Republican-Democrat · Tennessee
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