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Article: SEN. DOMENICI ISSUES STATEMENT ON RISING GASOLINE PRICES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 26, 2006
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The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee issued the following statement:
Domenici Floor Statement on Rising Gasoline Prices
Mr. President, I rise today to talk candidly about rising gasoline prices and what we can do about them. I have been deeply concerned about our reliance on foreign oil and the rising cost of energy for several years. That was one of the reasons I gave up my post as Chairman of the Budget Committee to become Chairman of the Energy Committee. I saw energy dependence and rising energy prices as a big problem for this country and I wanted to help solve it.
Last year, we passed the bipartisan Energy Policy Act of 2005. It was the first comprehensive energy bill ...