Honorable Sam Gejdensen
United States Representative, Connecticut, Democrat
strict of Connecticut, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1974 to 1978. He is Ranking Minority Member on the International Relations Committee. The following statement is from October 19, 2000, hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Commerce Committee on "Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Closer Look at the Drawdown." Last winter was the warmest on record. Yet, consumers struggled to fill their oil tanks during the coldest weeks in January and February, and they paid premium prices — more than $2 per…
