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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act of 2008

Floor Speech

Date: May 13, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FILL SUSPENSION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 2008 -- (House of Representatives - May 13, 2008)

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Mr. PERLMUTTER. Thank you, Mr. Welch.

To the gentleman from Texas, I don't think there could be anything simpler than deciding during this busy driving season to stop buying oil or placing oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. And I quote your Senator from Texas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a month ago said, ``I support an immediate halt in deposits of domestic crude into the SPR as we enter the busiest driving season of the year.''

So I agree with Mr. Shimkus. This is just one of many things that has to be done. And we have done a number of those already. We have added mileage so we have better fuel economy. We passed a law against price gouging. We are pushing other sources of energy through biomass and a whole variety of things. This is going to take a lot of work across the board. But this is a very simple and very direct action we are taking. We need to take it today. This is simple. H.R. 6022 should be passed.

And I ask for an ``aye'' vote.

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