A Message Even the Senate Can’t Ignore
By Newt Gingrich Posted in Energy — Comments (6) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Vote No On Higher Gas Prices
And Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less
The United States Senate keeps finding new and exciting ways to prove it lives in a world completely disconnected from the lives of normal Americans.
Next week, the Senate is set to begin debate on the Boxer-Warner-Lieberman “Send Jobs to China and India” global warming bill. With gas now topping $4 a gallon, it boggles the mind why politicians – of any party – would even consider legislation that will raise the cost of gas for our cars, diesel for our trucks, food for our families, airline travel for our work and leisure, and electricity for our homes.
The last time the Senate tried to pass legislation so completely at odds with the mood of the country was last summer’s amnesty bill. Perhaps there is something about summer in Washington, DC that makes politicians forget where they came from and the needs of the American people.
The American people want LOWER energy prices, not the higher gas, diesel, air, electricity and food prices that Boxer-Warner-Lieberman guarantees.
Fortunately, we all remember how the amnesty bill worked out and I’m confident if the American people get sufficiently mobilized, we can defeat the Boxer-Warner-Lieberman “Send Jobs to China and India” bill as well. And maybe we can even redirect the energy of the Congress towards lowering gas prices, not raising them.
There are two things we can do now. . . .
The first is to call your Senators and tell them to vote “no” on Boxer-Warner-Lieberman – ‘no’ on raising the cost of going to work, heating your home, and feeding your family.
Once you’ve called, email your friends and family to do the same. Last summer the Senate switchboard crashed due to all the incoming phone calls from Americans opposed to the amnesty bill. Let’s see if we can do it again.
The second is to go to www.americansolutions.com/drillnow and sign the “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” petition. The petition is simple:
We, therefore, the undersigned citizens of the United States, petition the U.S. Congress to act immediately to lower gasoline prices by authorizing the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries.
Two days ago, American Solutions set a goal of 100,000 names by next week. Amazingly, American Solutions reached that goal last night. Let’s see if we can help American Solutions make it 200,000.
Go to www.americansolutions.com/drillnow to sign the petition and then send it to your friends as well.
Next week, just as the Senate is starting to debate Warner-Lieberman, American Solutions will deliver to Congress the names of everyone who signed the petition. This will send a powerful message about just how confused the priorities of the Senate are, and push them toward lowering gas prices by drilling here and drilling now so we can all pay less at the pump.
Go to www.americansolutions.com/drillnow
