The Democratic Policy Committee recently invited executives from our nations largest gas companies to come to Capitol Hill and testify why Americans are paying so much at the pump. Not a single one decided to appear.

Its time the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Shell, Amoco, Texaco, and Chevron answered to the American people:

Dear Sir,

The Democratic Policy Committee recently invited executives from your company to come to Capitol Hill and testify why Americans are paying so much at the pump. Your responsibility is not only to Congress, but also to consumers like me who are being forced to pay these outrageously high prices.

Why in the face of national tragedy and record profits for your companies are Americans paying 50% more at the pump than they did one year ago?