House Proceeding on May 10th, 2006 :: 0:31:29 to 0:32:57
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Speech By: J. Gresham Barrett

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J. Gresham Barrett: pro tempore: without objection. mr. cleaver: mr. speaker, how high do gas prices have to go before this administration is willing to break its ties with the oil and gas company c.e.o.'s? for

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: five years now the major oil companies have been bringing in record profits while the pain at the pump has grown worse for average americans. today consumers are paying $3 a gallon if you're making

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Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: minimum wage, it means your first hour at work is used to buy 1.5 gallons of gasoline for your car. major oil companies just recorded $16 billion in profits for the first quarter alone.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: and the national response has been moral outrage. and yet last year they pushed through an energy bill that gave oil and gas companies an additional $20 billion in tax breaks and subsidies. the problem

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: is those in charge here are not willing to have the courage to stand up and make things right. thank you, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the lady from tennessee

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: rise? mrs. blackburn: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. one of my colleagues referenced

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Melissa A. Hart: the study from the law library of congress entitled "immigration law sanctions and enforcement in selected foreign countries." it evaluates the policies and practices of brazil, egypt, japan,

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Speech By: Melissa A. Hart