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record at the pump, having surged to within half a cent 
of their record high of $3.227 a gallon.’’; 
Whereas on March 12, 2008, KXII First 12 News in Texas 
reported that ‘‘Jona Lunde, a Preston volunteer fire-
fighter, says many local volunteer departments are being 
forced to cut other equipment out of their budgets to pay 
for gas.’’; 
Whereas a March 20, 2008, filing with the United States De-
partment of the Interior by the American Trucking Asso-
ciation states that ‘‘In 2007, the trucking industry spent 
more than $112 billion on fuel, and this year that figure 
will likely increase to $135 billion.’’; 
Whereas on April 2, 2008, the Palladium-Item in Richmond, 
Indiana, reported that ‘‘a recent surge in gas prices’’ re-
sulted in the Richmond police department cutting costs 
by ‘‘having two officers ride together in patrol cars and 
having officers walk around for an hour or two while pa-
trolling neighborhoods. . .’’; 
Whereas on April 8, 2008, WBKO News in Bowling Green, 
Kentucky, reported that ‘‘With today’s economy it’s be-
coming extremely expensive for schools to pick up chil-
dren and take them home. . .’’ and ‘‘Some school districts 
are considering cutting certain routes, and there’s even 
some discussion of going to four day school weeks.’’; 
Whereas on April 8, 2008, the Reno Gazette Journal in 
Reno, Nevada reported that ‘‘In Nevada, the average 
price of regular gasoline is $3.46, a state-wide increase 
of 45 cents in two months, according to the American 
Automobile Association’’ and also ‘‘the rising prices are 
taking a bigger bite out of her pocketbook and the budg-
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ets of others in rural Nevada who have to travel for per-
sonal reasons.’’; 
Whereas on April 10, 2008, CNN reported in a news story 
entitled ‘‘How Soaring Fuel Prices Hurt Kids’’ that 
‘‘From teachers and books to bus routes and field trips, 
the soaring price of fuel is causing school districts across 
the country to cut back—especially in more rural areas 
where the tax base is small and the distance to bus stu-
dents is large.’’; 
Whereas on April 10, 2008, CNN reported in a news story 
entitled ‘‘How Soaring Fuel Prices Hurt Kids’’ that ‘‘To 
cope, the district is freezing the budget for classroom 
supplies.’’; 
Whereas on April 10, 2008, the Elko Daily Free Press re-
ported that ‘‘In the Las Vegas area, average prices rose 
15 cents a gallon from March to around $3.38. Prices in 
Reno and Carson City were up 21 cents, to $3.58 and 
$3.53 respectively.’’; 
Whereas on April 10, 2008, the Elko Daily Free Press also 
reported that ‘‘Diesel prices, which are already averaging 
more than $4 a gallon nationwide, will average $3.62 a 
gallon this year, up 74 cents from 2007, the EIA said’’ 
and ‘‘Diesel fuel is used by trucks that transport the vast 
majority of the world’s food, consumer, and industrial 
products. High diesel prices are one of the reasons food 
prices are soaring.’’; 
Whereas on April 20, 2008, ABC 7 News in San Francisco 
reported that ‘‘As predicted, the price for a gallon of gas 
has broken through the $4 dollar a gallon mark. The 
Shell gas station at Bryant and 4th Street just before the 
Bay Bridge has gas that is $4.19 a gallon for regular un-
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leaded. A Lundberg Survey from Friday shows that the 
national average is $3.47 a gallon and the most expensive 
gas in the nation was in San Francisco at $3.88.’’; 
Whereas on April 21, 2008, the Associated Press reported 
that, ‘‘Diesel prices at the pump also struck a record 
high of $4.20 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil 
Price Information Service. That’s sure to add to truckers’ 
costs and drive up the price of food, clothing, and other 
goods shipped by truck.’’; 
Whereas on April 22, 2008, almost 2 years to the day after 
Speaker Pelosi announced that ‘‘Democrats have a com-
monsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas 
prices. . .’’, the average retail price of gasoline was $3.51 
per gallon; 
Whereas on April 22, 2008, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) 
still has not revealed the Democrat plan to lower gas 
prices; 
Whereas on April 22, 2008, USA Today reported that 
‘‘Americans already were feeling pinched, according to a 
USA TODAY/Gallup Poll five weeks ago, when gasoline 
averaged about $3.28. About 63% said fuel prices were 
a hardship. That’s the biggest percentage recorded since 
2005 by the poll, which has asked the question since Feb-
ruary 2000.’’; 
Whereas on April 22, 2008, the Associated Press reported 
that ‘‘Gas and oil prices marched further into record high 
territory Tuesday, with retail gas reaching a national av-
erage of $3.51 for the first time and crude passing 
$118. . .’’; 
Whereas an analysis from Jefferies and Co. found that, for 
every 25-cent-increase in the national price average for 
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gasoline, an estimated $100,000,000 is displaced from 
American consumers every single day; 
Whereas 91 percent of all Americans commute to work using 
an automobile and the increase in gasoline costs for the 
3,300,000 Americans who drive at least 50 miles each 
way to work every day has increased more than $1,200 
since Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) took the Speaker’s 
gavel; 
Whereas the average American drives approximately 12,000 
miles per year and is now paying $708 more than when 
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) took the Speaker’s gavel; 
and 
Whereas the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, known as the 
‘‘traditional start of the summer travel season’’, is only 
a month away, and 9 out of every 10 summer trips made 
by American families are made in an automobile: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives rec-
ommends that within 5 legislative days the Speaker shall 
introduce in the form of a bill a commonsense plan to help 
bring down skyrocketing gasoline and diesel prices. 
Æ 
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