Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act
Floor Speech
CONSUMER ASSISTANCE TO RECYCLE AND SAVE ACT -- (House of Representatives - June 09, 2009)
Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts. I thank the gen tle lady, and I congratulate the gentlelady for her excellent work on this legislation.
To Mr. Dingell, to Mr. Inslee, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Israel, to Mr. Braley, to Mr. Waxman, this is truly the work of a lot of people coming together. And ultimately, the approach has produced a win-win-win situation: a win for our consumers who get a new, more efficient vehicle; a win for reducing our dependence on imported oil; and a win for an industry struggling to regain its footing. And I will add one more win because it is always a win when Members from the Rust Belt and the two coasts can join together and come up with a compromise that all sides can support.
The price of a gallon of gasoline is rising inexorably, back up to $4 a gallon. It has gone up $1 at the pump on a national average since December. The price of a barrel of oil has gone from $30 to $69 since December. This is the kind of bill we need to put in place. My congratulations to the gen tle lady.
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