East Fishkill, NY/June 23,2008 - Kieran Lalor's Congressional campaign is making sure that voters in the area see for themselves what John Hall''s disastrous policies have meant for gas prices.

Lalor is the Republican candidate seeking to unseat first-term Democrat John Hall.

Drivers passing by Lalor's campaign office in East Fishkill will be hard-pressed not to notice an enormous new advertisement outside the office,– reminding voters that a gallon of gas cost $2.31 when Hall took office but now costs more than $4.00.

"The increase in energy costs hits families and working Americans hard," Lalor said. "Many small business people are being crushed by rising gas prices. Home heating oil now costs $4.50 per gallon, which is double what it was 12 months ago, and the price continues to increase. This alone will severely impact senior citizens and others on fixed incomes."

"I want to open a dialogue on energy policy. We want voters to know where I stand on energy prices and how this contrasts with John Hall's dangerous and naïve policies."

"We have to enhance America's supply with more drilling and refining, cut energy taxes, reduce the regulatory burden, and encourage private innovation."

Lalor pointed out that he has been talking about John Hall's broken energy policy since the current crisis was beginning more than a year ago. Lalor added that his five-point plan, released in April, and featured in an upcoming Poughkeepsie Journal editorial, has served as a roadmap to other proposals about how to lower energy prices. Lalor also said that he agrees that clean energy independence must be this generation's 'Manhattan Project.'