Higher gasoline prices drive congressional hearing« Thread Started on May 22, 2007, 7:22pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Higher gasoline prices drive congressional hearings Drivers won't see immediate relief, official says By ELLYN FERGUSON Press-Gazette Washington bureau read at sourceWASHINGTON — Spurred by rising gasoline prices and grumbling constituents, congressional Democrats are holding hearings to scrutinize major oil companies and the Federal Trade Commission that is supposed to be the government's watchdog on the oil and gas industry. The lawmakers say it is not a replay of the annual ritual of Capitol Hill hearings as summer driving begins and a flurry of legislation that goes nowhere.