<h1>A Real Solution for High Gas Prices</h1> <p> <p>Senator Obama discusses the high price of gasoline and offers steps designed to lessen our dependence on foreign oil and bring down prices for good.</p> <p><em>&#8220;By now, the only thing as predictable as rising gas prices are the short-term political solutions that come along with them. It seems like every year, as soon as headlines start announcing “Pain at the Pump” and Americans start emptying their wallets to fill up their tanks, politicians revert to their Rolodex of responses, from tax rebates and tax holidays to investigations into price gouging by oil companies.&#8221;</em></p> <p><a href="http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060511_Sen.Barack_Obama_Podcast_Gas_Prices_29.mp3"> </a></p> </p>