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Gallon in others. and what has caused prices to come down? we saw that spike in gasoline prices earlier in the month on fears that those mississippi floodwaters would impede production at gasoline refine refineries along the gulf coast. we also had some storm-related power outages of some refineries, and that helped to lift gasoline prices. but we are seeing those fears abate and weve seen supplies rise and demand start to fall, so that is something that has brought down gasoline prices. well co...

Prices are being driven by unregulated oil speculation. last month, goldman sachs told its investors that speculation could account for one-fifth of oil prices. the ceo of exxonmobil rex tillerson testified in congress this month that without speculation, oil would be at $60 or 70 bucks a barrel, not above $100. the secretary-general of opec told "the wall street journal" "the best thing to do to lower oil prices is to curb some speculation and also reduce taxes. just last week, house republican...

Investigations into high-profile issues such as border security, nursing home safety, security breaches that are nuclear weapons labs, food and drug safety investigations, excessive energy speculation, discriminatory practices in the health insurance industry, and the recent toyota sudden unattended acceleration problems. but two years ago, i saw an opportunity to finally enact health care with the election of a new president. i thank president obama and speaker pelosi for their leadership to pu...

Over the past four years on our committee we launched investigations into high file issues such as border security, nursing home safety, security breaches at our nuclear labs, food and drug safety investigations, excessive energy speculation, discriminatory practices in the health insurance industry and the recent toyota sudden, unintended acceleration problems. but two years ago, i saw an opportunity to finally enact health care with the election of a new president. i thank president obama and ...