Last week the House passed Wilson’s bill (H.R. 5253) said “to prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, and for other purposes.” But ironically, Slaughter said neither Wilson, nor her co-sponsors, could define what price gouging actually was. Instead, lawmakers left it to the Federal Trade Commission to do that. ~Ivy Sellers, Human Events

As my father noted when he heard about this, price-gouging already was illegal. Besides, last year, Rep. Wilson wasn’t too concerned about the higher costs of energy, since she voted along with the majority for HR 6, which included calling for the increased use of ethanol and other additives that have contributed directly to the current price spike. She should be voted out simply on the basis of the crass opportunism this price-gouging bill represents, to say nothing of her many other bad decisions in office.