Wilson: "All we have heard from the other side of the aisle is who should be blamed for high gas prices - no solutions just excuses."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2008

CONTACT: Ryan Murphy
(202) 225-2452 (Office)
(202) 689-4825 (Cell)

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives, under the Democrat majority leadership, adjourned for another week having failed to take up commonsense legislation to lower the price of gasoline.

"Why, when over 70 percent of the American people are demanding we explore for more American oil instead of sending billions of American dollars overseas to buy foreign oil, does the Democrat leadership in the House refuse to act? Why did the House of Representatives adjourn today without doing one thing this week to address rising energy prices? These are important questions, and the American people deserve answers.

"With gas prices at a national average of over four dollars per gallon, the American people are feeling the pinch in their family budgets, and they expect their government to have a plan. Right now, only House Republicans are offering a comprehensive strategy to put this nation back on a solid energy foundation. It is an all-of-the-above strategy of exploration, innovation, and conservation. We want to first and foremost end our dependence on foreign oil. We want to invest in alternative energy, and we want to promote conservation.

"The only thing standing between moving forward with increasing American energy and the Republican strategy to invest in energy exploration and alternative production is the House Democrat leadership. All we have heard from the other side of the aisle is who should be blamed for high gas prices - no solutions just excuses."

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