Pelosi: ‘Americans Deserve an Energy Policy for the Future, Not This Energy Policy of the Past’

Pelosi: ‘Americans Deserve an Energy Policy for the Future, Not This Energy Policy of the Past’

Monday, August 8, 2005

Contact: Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush’s signing of the energy bill.

â€Å"As oil prices reached another new high today, President Bush signs into law an energy policy that his own Department of Energy says actually increases gas prices.

â€Å"This energy policy is yet another example of Republicans catering to corporate special interests at the expense of the public interest. Billions of dollars are going to the oil, gas, and nuclear industries and nothing is going to consumers paying more at the pump.

â€Å"Americans deserve an energy policy for the future, not this Republican energy policy of the past.

â€Å"Democrats are fighting for an energy policy for the future that will reduce gas prices, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and reduce pollution.”