Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
01/09/2008
Pelosi: President Must Join Congress to Address Skyrocketing Energy Prices
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this
statement following the release of Energy Information Administration data this
week indicating gas prices are expected to average more than $3 a gallon
through 2009 and peak near $3.50 this spring.
EIA also released forecasts on home heating oil, which is expected to
increase 37.6 percent over last winter.
"With families struggling with the rising cost of home
heating, it is imperative that the Bush Administration release $590 million of
LIHEAP emergency heating assistance funds that will help seniors and working
families keep warm this winter.
"In addition to releasing LIHEAP assistance, the
President can help Americans facing high energy prices by supporting our
efforts to reinvest billions of subsidies for Big Oil in renewable fuels and
clean energy and endorsing pro-consumer policies that will protect American’s
from price gouging.
"When the President has worked with Democrats in
Congress, we have accomplished great things, such as our historic energy
legislation that saves consumers money and makes