Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), member of the House Appropriations Committee...."We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market."

Additional rhetoric from House Democrats

"The White House has become a ventriloquist for the oil and gas energy. The finger should be directed back at them. They had plenty of opportunity to (arrange an energy policy). But they did not put an energy policy in place."   Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Select Committee on Global Warming

"What we do has to be in the interest of the American people. Not major corporations."  Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)

No oil bashing session is complete without......

"You cannot drill your way out of this."
Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Select Committee on Global Warming

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