John Cornyn: “today, marks more than 2 years--by my count, 738 days--since Speaker Pelosi said: Democrats have a commonsense plan to…”

“today, marks more than 2 years--by my count, 738 days--since Speaker Pelosi said: Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices. That was on April 24, 2006--738 days ago. I think it is important to look at what has happened to the price of gas and to see whether her prediction was correct. Lo and behold, we find the average price of a gallon of gasoline in America at $3.62, up $2.33 from the time when Speaker Pelosi became Speaker in January of 2007. Again, that is a rise from $2.33 a gallon to $3.62 a gallon. I will tell you we have been asking and waiting, and the American people have been waiting and watching, to see what Congress is going to do to help relieve some of this pain at the pump. The American people want us to work together to try to find commonsense solutions to help them with this increasing pain they are feeling in the family budget. Do you know that taking the difference between $2.33 a gallon and $3.62 a gallon represents roughly a $1,400 increase in the cost for gasoline for the average American family? Of course, I don't have to tell anybody here, or anybody listening, that this is necessary for driving the kids to school, driving to work; it is necessary also to provide fuel for the airplanes Americans fly in. This is an American problem, and I suggest we need to come up with an American solution.”