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Talk Is Cheap, Gas Is Not By Rizzuto Wed Apr 30, 2008 - Ok Dems, i think it's time to unleash that "leadership" you said you would bring to Washington back in '06. SEN. BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-MD): “Families Are Gripped By The Fear Of The Rising Gas Prices. … This Administration Has No Answers. But We Do.” (Sen. Mikulski, Press Conference, 04/25/06) JON TESTER (D-MT): “But I’ve Been Listening To Montana Families And They’re Sick And Tired Of Buying $3 A Gallon Gas. … It Is Time For Leadership In Washington.” (Jon Tester, “As Gas Prices Climb, Tester Leads Renewable Energy Push,” www.testerforsenate.com, 07/07/06) SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY): “As Oil And Gas Prices Spike To New Highs … We Need Real Solutions To Our Nation’s Energy Problems, And It Is Past Time For Congress To Act.” “As oil and gas prices spike to new highs, many New Yorkers are struggling to fuel their cars and cool their homes. We need real solutions to our nation's energy problems, and it is past time for Congress to act.” (Sen. Clinton, “As Temperatures Rise Clinton Calls For Action To Provide Consumers With Relief And Prevent High Oil & Gas Prices,” Press Release, 07/15/06) SEN. MARIA CANTWELL (D-WA): “We Need To Act Now.” “Today's record energy costs are taking hundreds of billions of dollars out of family pocketbooks and the bottom lines of businesses across the country. We need to act now.” (Sen. Cantwell, “Sen. Cantwell Renews Push For Consumer Protections,” Press Release, 08/29/06) SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D-NJ): Americans “Cannot Take These Gas Prices Any Longer…” “I'm Bob Menendez from New Jersey, and I'm obviously joined here with all my colleagues who have heard from their constituents across the landscape of the country about they cannot take these gas prices any longer and meet the challenges of their families.” (Sen. Menendez, Press Conference, 04/25/06) SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): “Every Nickel That We Can Save Consumers Counts.” “We all know that gasoline prices are through the roof. The summer isn't even here yet, and consumers are being tipped upside down at the pump. And so we need every tool in the tool belt to ease the pain at the pump. There is no silver bullet, but with gas prices this high, every nickel that we can save consumers counts.” (Sen. Schumer, Press Briefing, 05/10/06) SEN. KEN SALAZAR (D-CO): “Now is a time for this Nation to embrace new ideas with regard to energy. Now is a time for a real discussion of energy in this Senate. It is time for a new direction for America as we look at the future of energy for this country and for our world.”
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