mr. speaker , i rise today in strong opposition to the wrongly named gasoline for america 's security act .  it would be more appropriate to call this the do n't hold your breath act , as this bill will not do what my colleagues on the other side claim .  while it is clear to all of us that our nation does not have the refinery capacity that we need , it is equally clear that the bill before us will not increase this shortfall .  the idea that simply eliminating environmental standards and removing judicial control will solve this problem is absolutely wrong .  over the past 30 years , there has been only one application filed to build a new refinery .  i will say that again : only one application has been filed .  we are not talking about permit after permit being thrown out .  we are not talking about an industry trying time after time to site a facility and being denied .  what we are talking about is the fact that the gasoline industry makes the vast majority of their profits at the refinery level , and there is zero economic incentive for them to increase their capacity .  as long as the refineries are operating at near 100 percent , their profit margins are through the roof .  this bill ignores this obvious fact and instead focuses on eliminating environmental protections , which is nothing more than a scapegoat measure that will not do anything to address the basic problem .  so what does this bill actually do ?  it strips virtually all of the environmental protections of the clean air act , the clean water act , and the endangered species act when they come into conflict with the siting of a refinery .  the bill removes all cases challenging refinery siting from local state courts and forces communities to come to washington , d.c .  in order to challenge the selection of their hometown for a new refinery .  and , further , if the local communities lose in court , they have to pay all of the industry 's legal bills .  this bill also will limit the federal trade commission 's ability to impose penalties when presented with evidence of price gouging , effectively incentivizing industry to take advantage of disasters like katrina .  for these reasons , i ask my colleagues to reject this bill .  democrats have a substitute that will address critical shortages during disasters without gutting our environmental laws , and it deserves our support .  