California Conservative

This article should get everyone’s attention. As the articles states, Rep. John McHugh, (R-NY), isn’t into political grandstanding. That’s why I’m paying attention when he makes a statement like this:

“In my 24 years of elected office, I have never before been to more town halls, more places, where everyone is more concerned about one issue,” McHugh, an eight-term congressman and former state senator, said Friday on the House floor.

“And, it’s not just the price of gas,” he said. “It’s the associated rise in prices across the board, the price of a loaf of bread, the price of a gallon of milk. People in my neck of the woods have already cut back as much as they can; they’re carpooling, not taking that summer vacation, cutting out the unnecessary car trips.”

In other words, people have done everything possible to minimize the damaging effects of high gas prices. Now it’s Congress’ turn to do their part. It’s time for Reid and Pelosi to end their vacations and deal with the most serious domstic issue of this election cycle.

Plug in the search term gas prices. When I did, Google told me that there were 34.5 million entries on the internet.

Simply put, it’s time that Congress passed the American Energy Act. It’s obvious that the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is a miserable failure. It’s time to replace that legislation with serious legislation that will make energy independence real while dropping energy prices.

Anything less is unacceptable. That means scrapping the Gang Of 10 bill. At the moment, there’s only one coherent energy plan on the table. That’s the GOP’s American Energy Act. The only thing Democrats offer us are words. Knowing that Ms. Pelosi told Democrats to say whatever they needed to say to get elected, words aren’t much comfort.

This time, We The People demand action, action that provides price relief at the pump and in heating our homes. The Democrats’ words won’t get things done. They’re just meant to get this issue off the table so they don’t get clobbered this November. We The People demand better than that.

Thankfully, we have a champion like Rep. McHugh fighting for us.

Technorati Tags: Gas Crisis, Nancy Pelosi, Energy Policy, Democrats, John McHugh, We The People, Gang Of 10, American Energy Act, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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