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CONGRESSMAN ADERHOLT RETURNS TO WASHINGTON

TO DEBATE HIGH GAS PRICES ON THE HOUSE FLOOR

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert Aderholt today will speak on the House floor to highlight solutions to high gas prices, despite the fact that liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) keeps the House in August recess.  Congressman Aderholt flew back to Washington from his 4th Congressional District in Alabama this morning, as House Republicans are poised for day four of their historic nationwide protest of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to adjourn the House for the rest of the summer without a vote on legislation to increase American energy production and lower gas prices.

August is usually a quiet month on Capitol Hill, and Democratic leaders had hoped this year would be no different, particularly after they sent Congress on a five-week recess without allowing an essential vote on more American-made energy to lower gas prices.   House Republicans took to the floor last Friday to join hundreds of Americans in demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi bring Congress back to town for a vote on lower gas prices. 

Today, House Republicans will speak on the floor of the People’s House to keep the protest going – and to keep talking with the American people about the need to increase production of American energy to lower fuel costs. 

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