Dems Seek Penalties for Gas Price - Gougers

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Oil executives who engage in price-gouging should face tough criminal penalties, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut said Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address. Expanding on a theme outlined a week earlier by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., in the party address, DeLauro hammered the Bush administration's energy policy. She also decried its failure to act on more than 7,000 complaints of price gouging at the nation's gasoline pumps.

''America's leaders did not stand for price gouging during World War II,'' DeLauro said. ''Nor should we today.'' DeLauro said Hurricane Katrina exposed a shortsighted energy policy. With the winter approaching and fuel costs skyrocketing, she said there are concerns that some people cannot afford to heat their homes.

DeLauro said long-term solutions include renewing a commitment to tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars, and investing in ethanol, biofuel and hydrogen fuel cell technology.

''These new strategies can harness the power of American ingenuity and our economy to solve our energy problems, grow our national economy and liberate America from its dependence on Middle East oil,'' she said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20051008/ap_on_go_co/democrats_energy_2

[ninkasi]

1. Good idea...

The oil companies are enjoying huge profits, and the government continues to reward them with subsidies, tax breaks, and everything else they can think of to add to their riches. In the mean time, the rest of us suffer.

We should have been exploring energy alternatives for years now, but too many politicians have given in to the temptation to become corporate whores. The country is in a huge mess now, thanks to short-sighted policies. The whole thing has been accelerated by having the Bush gang in charge of the looting and plundering.

The war in Iraq uses enormous amounts of fuel, costs us taxpayers billions of dollars, and has energized al-Qaida. It's time to get rid of the two "oil CEOs", Bush and Cheney, before we are completely destroyed. Punishing price gouging would be a good start, though.

[OKNancy]

2. kick

[lovuian]

3. Democrats: Bush lacks energy policy, ignores price gouging

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/08/dems.radio.ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oil executives who engage in price gouging should face tough criminal penalties, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut said Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address.

Expanding on a theme outlined a week earlier by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, in the party address, DeLauro hammered the Bush administration's energy policy. She also decried its failure to act on more than 7,000 complaints of price gouging at the nation's gasoline pumps.

"America's leaders did not stand for price gouging during World War II," DeLauro said. "Nor should we today."

DeLauro said Hurricane Katrina exposed a shortsighted energy policy. With the winter approaching and fuel costs skyrocketing, she said there are concerns that some people cannot afford to heat their homes.

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You Go Girl!!!

[Orrin_73]

4. Thats hard to enforce as long as there is an

republican administration.