Udall, Pearce talk gas prices

THE POLITICAL DEBATE. IT'S EASY TO FIND AN ALBUQUERQUE GAS STATION OFFERING A GALLON FOR FO...  More »

THE POLITICAL DEBATE. IT'S EASY TO FIND AN ALBUQUERQUE GAS STATION OFFERING A GALLON FOR FOUR-DOLLARS AND CHANGE. AND WITH PRICES EVEN HIGHER ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE -- NEW MEXICO'S SENATORIAL CANDIDATES ARE WEIGHING IN ON HOW TO BRING DOWN, THE COST OF FILLING UP. CRIS ORNELAS SPOKE TO CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE ABOUT HIS PLANS TO EASE THE SKY HIGH PRICES... HE'S LIVE WITH OUR TOP STORY. WHILE MANY PLACES IN THE STATE HAVE ALREADY CROSSED INTO 4 DOLLAR TERRITORY... THERE SEEMED TO BE AN INTANGIBLE OBSTACLE THAT KEPT PRICES IN ALBUQUERQUE UNDER 4 DOLLARS. NOW THAT THAT'S GONE... POLITICIANS ARE SPEAKING OUT. YESTERDAY REPRESENTATIVE TOM UDALL HELD A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH ALBUQUERQUE DRIVERS ABOUT THE PRICE OF GAS. 16:55- 17:09 'a third of the cost of a barrel of oil could be from speculation translating into a dollar a gallon so thats something significant so we have to get control and crack down on the hedge fund speculators' TODAY HIS OPPONENT IN THE SENATE RACE, STEVE PEARCE, HAD HIS TURN. 1:12-1:20 'our economy is based on affordable gas affordable fuel energy to run our plants energy to run up and down the highways with our trucks'GAS PRICES WILL LIKELY BE A BIG TOPIC IN THIS ELECTION NOW THAT VOTERS ARE DEMANDING THEIR REPRESENTATIVES DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE EVER HIGHER PRICE OF GAS. 3:37-3:33 TAPE 2 'people can't go to work and try and fill their cars on what they're making because a lot of people are not eating to put gas in their car to go to work'PEARCE SAYS ONE SOLUTION IS MORE U.S. OIL DRILLING. 2:12-2:20 'speculators only act on human behavior they think right now human behavior in the congress says no to any more drilling its gonna drive the price up' CONGRESSMAN PEARCE SAYS HIS VOTING RECORD PROVES HE HAS SUPPORTED LAWS THAT WILL LOWER PRICES... MAINLY BY MAKING MORE AREAS INSIDE THE U-S OPEN TO DRILLING. BUT HE SAYS UDALL HAS REPEATEDLY VOTED AGAINST SIMILAR MEASURES.// A DOG MAY BE TO BLAME FOR A MULTI CAR PILE UP AT  « Less