These price spikes are causing severe hardships for the millions of Americans who depend upon affordable and adequate supplies of gasoline for many of life's necessities,

The commission is very conscious of the swift and severe price spikes that occurred immediately before and after Katrina made landfall.

We have a million people displaced and we have 100 million Americans that are opening up their hearts and homes, ... We have some people who are trying to take advantage of it for their own personal profit. And we should stop them in their tracks.

Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.

Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.

The inventories have built a little bit, but that doesn't mean an outage somewhere doesn't cause price spikes.