Driving Agenda

...we will not play politics with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

-- George Bush, May 19, 2004.

The situation is serious. [Republicans] are in jeopardy of losing the majority we won in 1994. Now is the time to act.

-- Newt Gingrich, April 24, 2006

Amid growing Republican unrest about the politics of $3-plus gasoline, Bush told the Renewable Fuels Association he will take the unusual step of suspending shipments to the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to boost supply and help hold down oil prices.

-- Bush Calls For Probe Of Rising Gas Prices, April 26, 2006.