Where is the Democrat Plan to Decrease Our Nation’s Rising Gas Prices?
I continue to call for the Democrat majority to stand by their promises and fight our nation’s rising gas prices. The Democrats have failed as the majority in Congress. They made promise after promise to help the American people and, to no surprise; all of those promises have been broken. On April 24, 2006, Pelosi and the Democrats vowed to address our nation’s high gas costs. When they took control of Congress last year, the national average cost for regular unleaded gas was $2.33 a gallon. Now, 15 months later, the cost has risen to $3.53. That’s a $1.20 per gallon increase. Where will it stop? Families across America, and in my home state of New Jersey, are already struggling to meeting rising household costs, they can’t afford to keep paying these outrageous prices at the pump. When are the Democrats going to make the American people and their family budget a priority? Instead of voting or proposing to raise taxes on gas consumers, Congress needs to focus on the family budget not t
