Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on 4th July at 1:15 a.m.

Helms’ former chief of staff, Jimmy Broughton says the former senator, age 86, died of natural causes in Raleigh. “He was very comfortable,” Broughton said.

“America lost a great public servant and true patriot today,” White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.

President Bush said at the time the Senate was “losing an institution. Sen. Helms has been a tireless defender of our nation’s freedom and a champion of democracy abroad.”

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President George Bush Looks Offshore to Fix High Oil Prices.

With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President George Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its longstanding ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying that the United States needs to increase its energy production.

Do you think US Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil and gas drilling?

Here is the video of President George Bush’s speech of high oil prices:
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