JustRalph
04-22-2008, 11:18 PM
Check out this letter Pelosi sent to Bush Today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080422/pl_usnw/pelosi_to_bush_on_gas_prices__we_cannot_wait_to_ac t
April 22, 2008
The Honorable George W. Bush
The President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
As we celebrate Earth Day, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline has reached a record $3.51 -- 23 percent more than this time last year and 138 percent more than January 2001. Historic gas prices now far exceed those during the 1981 energy crisis.
Americans are paying too high a price at the pump for energy policies that have placed subsidies for Big Oil ahead of sensible investments in clean, renewable energy resources that can heat and cool our homes, fuel our cars, and spark a green jobs revolution. In addition to energy costs, rising food prices, high health care costs, the growing housing crisis and rising unemployment are hurting American families and business, and weakening our economy.
Mr. President, we have worked together to enact the first increase in fuel economy standards for cars and trucks in 32 years, dramatically boosting efficiency standards for buildings, lighting, and appliances, and investing in homegrown biofuels. I respectfully ask you again to work with the Congress to allow the Justice Department to pursue oil cartel price-fixing, allow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the authority to investigate and punish price gougers, end taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil and invest those funds in renewable American energy. Lastly, your Administration must use the authority given to it by the Congress to end market manipulation. We cannot wait to act in the face of these prices increases.
I respectfully ask that you work with the Congress to get the following pieces of legislation, which have already passed the House, to your desk for your signature:
The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act -- H.R. 2264
This legislation enables the Department of Justice to take legal action against foreign nations for participating in oil cartels that drive up oil prices globally and in the United States. It does so by exempting OPEC and other nations from the provisions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act when acting in a commercial capacity; by making clear that the so-called Act of State doctrine does not prevent courts from ruling on antitrust charges brought against foreign governments; and by authorizing the Department of Justice to bring lawsuits in U.S. courts against cartel members. This bill passed the House 345-72. You have threatened to veto this legislation.
The Energy Price Gouging Act -- H.R. 1252
This legislation will reduce the burden of rising gas prices on American families, providing immediate relief to consumers by giving the FTC the authority to investigate and punish those who artificially inflate the price of energy. It ensures the federal government has the tools it needs to adequately respond to energy emergencies and prohibit price gouging -- with a priority on refineries and big oil companies. This bill passed the House by 284-141. You have threatened to veto this legislation.
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 -- H.R. 5351
With Exxon Mobil posting a record-breaking $40 billion in profits last year, it is unnecessary for taxpayers to subsidize Big Oil. This bill will end unnecessary subsidies to Big Oil companies and invest in clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency. It will extend and expand tax incentives for renewable electricity, energy and fuel, as well as for plug-in hybrid cars, and energy efficient homes, buildings, and appliances. These provisions are critical to creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. And the preservation of existing jobs relies on them too: a recent study showed that allowing the renewable energy incentives to expire would lead to about 116,000 jobs being lost in the wind and solar industries through the end of 2009. This bill passed 236-182. You have threatened to veto this legislation.
Market Manipulation Provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Lastly, the bill we worked on together, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, made it unlawful for any person to take manipulative action or report false information on the wholesale price of gasoline or petroleum and required the Federal Trade Commission to enforce and punish those found guilty of such actions. It is imperative that the FTC act now to crack down on these abusive practices.
Your support for these efforts is all the more critical as your Administration has failed to persuade OPEC to increase their oil production to bring down prices, despite your considerable influence with OPEC nations.
The New Direction Congress is providing forward-looking leadership that will fuel Americas energy future, save Americans money, create good jobs, improve our national security, and preserve our planet for our children. This critical issue needs Presidential leadership and I urge you to please join us to address the skyrocketing price at the pump.
Best regards,
NANCY PELOSI
Speaker of the House
SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House
Now, Check out this statement/press release she made in 2006
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases/April06/Rubberstamp.html
Pelosi: ‘With Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Americans Can No Longer Afford Rubber Stamp Congress’
Monday, April 24, 2006
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush’s, Speaker Hastert’s, and the Republican Congress’ empty rhetoric on gas prices. Key facts on the Majority's failure to address gas prices follows Pelosi’s statement.
With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress and its failure to stand up to Republican big oil and gas company cronies. Americans this week are paying $2.91 a gallon on average for regular gasoline – 33 cents higher than last month, and double the price than when President Bush first came to office.
“With record gas prices, record CEO pay packages, and record oil company profits, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress continue to give the American people empty rhetoric rather than join Democrats who are working to lower gas prices now.
“Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”
* * *
Key Facts on the Majority’s Failure to Address Gas Prices:
President Bush, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress wrote and passed a Republican energy bill that President Bush’s own Energy Department said would raise gas prices on American consumers. Big oil and gas companies wrote the Republican energy bill, and the American people paid the price.
The Majority rejected imposing tough penalties on price gouging companies three times in the past year, since that time, gas prices increased by another 11 cents a gallon.
Speaker Hastert and the Majority have been blocking action on Congressman Stupak’s Federal Response to Energy Emergencies Act (H.R. 3936) since last September, which would protect American consumers from high gas prices by empowering the FTC and the DOJ to investigate and prosecute oil companies engaged in price gouging at each stage of the energy production and distribution chain and outlaws market manipulation.
!~snip~~ end press release
Come on Nancy, you have had 18 months to enact that plan???? You told us the Dems were going to save us? Now you are begging at the foot of the Lame Duck President for Support!!! You told us when you took over Congress that you were working with a mandate that would involve change. You can't get a damn thing done. You squawk and squawk..........but nobody listens anymore.
Yet you blame your failings on the man you call "out of touch" and without the ability to lead the country. Yet he holds your sorry ass down in the aisle and waterboards your agenda. Dems love to sit back and talk about how dumb Bush is. But they can't defeat him on any level. Amazing!!!!
More Duplicity from the Dems!!!!
Empty Rhetoric is the norm!!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080422/pl_usnw/pelosi_to_bush_on_gas_prices__we_cannot_wait_to_ac t
April 22, 2008
The Honorable George W. Bush
The President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
As we celebrate Earth Day, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline has reached a record $3.51 -- 23 percent more than this time last year and 138 percent more than January 2001. Historic gas prices now far exceed those during the 1981 energy crisis.
Americans are paying too high a price at the pump for energy policies that have placed subsidies for Big Oil ahead of sensible investments in clean, renewable energy resources that can heat and cool our homes, fuel our cars, and spark a green jobs revolution. In addition to energy costs, rising food prices, high health care costs, the growing housing crisis and rising unemployment are hurting American families and business, and weakening our economy.
Mr. President, we have worked together to enact the first increase in fuel economy standards for cars and trucks in 32 years, dramatically boosting efficiency standards for buildings, lighting, and appliances, and investing in homegrown biofuels. I respectfully ask you again to work with the Congress to allow the Justice Department to pursue oil cartel price-fixing, allow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the authority to investigate and punish price gougers, end taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil and invest those funds in renewable American energy. Lastly, your Administration must use the authority given to it by the Congress to end market manipulation. We cannot wait to act in the face of these prices increases.
I respectfully ask that you work with the Congress to get the following pieces of legislation, which have already passed the House, to your desk for your signature:
The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act -- H.R. 2264
This legislation enables the Department of Justice to take legal action against foreign nations for participating in oil cartels that drive up oil prices globally and in the United States. It does so by exempting OPEC and other nations from the provisions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act when acting in a commercial capacity; by making clear that the so-called Act of State doctrine does not prevent courts from ruling on antitrust charges brought against foreign governments; and by authorizing the Department of Justice to bring lawsuits in U.S. courts against cartel members. This bill passed the House 345-72. You have threatened to veto this legislation.
The Energy Price Gouging Act -- H.R. 1252
This legislation will reduce the burden of rising gas prices on American families, providing immediate relief to consumers by giving the FTC the authority to investigate and punish those who artificially inflate the price of energy. It ensures the federal government has the tools it needs to adequately respond to energy emergencies and prohibit price gouging -- with a priority on refineries and big oil companies. This bill passed the House by 284-141. You have threatened to veto this legislation.
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 -- H.R. 5351
With Exxon Mobil posting a record-breaking $40 billion in profits last year, it is unnecessary for taxpayers to subsidize Big Oil. This bill will end unnecessary subsidies to Big Oil companies and invest in clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency. It will extend and expand tax incentives for renewable electricity, energy and fuel, as well as for plug-in hybrid cars, and energy efficient homes, buildings, and appliances. These provisions are critical to creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. And the preservation of existing jobs relies on them too: a recent study showed that allowing the renewable energy incentives to expire would lead to about 116,000 jobs being lost in the wind and solar industries through the end of 2009. This bill passed 236-182. You have threatened to veto this legislation.
Market Manipulation Provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Lastly, the bill we worked on together, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, made it unlawful for any person to take manipulative action or report false information on the wholesale price of gasoline or petroleum and required the Federal Trade Commission to enforce and punish those found guilty of such actions. It is imperative that the FTC act now to crack down on these abusive practices.
Your support for these efforts is all the more critical as your Administration has failed to persuade OPEC to increase their oil production to bring down prices, despite your considerable influence with OPEC nations.
The New Direction Congress is providing forward-looking leadership that will fuel Americas energy future, save Americans money, create good jobs, improve our national security, and preserve our planet for our children. This critical issue needs Presidential leadership and I urge you to please join us to address the skyrocketing price at the pump.
Best regards,
NANCY PELOSI
Speaker of the House
SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House
Now, Check out this statement/press release she made in 2006
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/press/releases/April06/Rubberstamp.html
Pelosi: ‘With Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Americans Can No Longer Afford Rubber Stamp Congress’
Monday, April 24, 2006
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush’s, Speaker Hastert’s, and the Republican Congress’ empty rhetoric on gas prices. Key facts on the Majority's failure to address gas prices follows Pelosi’s statement.
With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress and its failure to stand up to Republican big oil and gas company cronies. Americans this week are paying $2.91 a gallon on average for regular gasoline – 33 cents higher than last month, and double the price than when President Bush first came to office.
“With record gas prices, record CEO pay packages, and record oil company profits, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress continue to give the American people empty rhetoric rather than join Democrats who are working to lower gas prices now.
“Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”
* * *
Key Facts on the Majority’s Failure to Address Gas Prices:
President Bush, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress wrote and passed a Republican energy bill that President Bush’s own Energy Department said would raise gas prices on American consumers. Big oil and gas companies wrote the Republican energy bill, and the American people paid the price.
The Majority rejected imposing tough penalties on price gouging companies three times in the past year, since that time, gas prices increased by another 11 cents a gallon.
Speaker Hastert and the Majority have been blocking action on Congressman Stupak’s Federal Response to Energy Emergencies Act (H.R. 3936) since last September, which would protect American consumers from high gas prices by empowering the FTC and the DOJ to investigate and prosecute oil companies engaged in price gouging at each stage of the energy production and distribution chain and outlaws market manipulation.
!~snip~~ end press release
Come on Nancy, you have had 18 months to enact that plan???? You told us the Dems were going to save us? Now you are begging at the foot of the Lame Duck President for Support!!! You told us when you took over Congress that you were working with a mandate that would involve change. You can't get a damn thing done. You squawk and squawk..........but nobody listens anymore.
Yet you blame your failings on the man you call "out of touch" and without the ability to lead the country. Yet he holds your sorry ass down in the aisle and waterboards your agenda. Dems love to sit back and talk about how dumb Bush is. But they can't defeat him on any level. Amazing!!!!
More Duplicity from the Dems!!!!
Empty Rhetoric is the norm!!!!