Morgan Griffith on Rising Prices

It's not only the gas, actually. Prices are just being raised...a bad idea for industries that have been hurt by the coronavirus panic, because hello, duh, customers' budgets were hurt too. There were some people who didn't really need last year's handouts, viewed them as "pennies from Heaven," and splashed them madly about the way they did the Obama stimulus checks. Those days are gone to come no more. I was in a grocery store that's known for fair prices, earlier this week. I looked at something I always buy, saw that the price had risen by 40% since last week, and decided I'll be buying something else for the duration. 

Anyway, from U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith, R-VA-9:

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November 17, 2021 - Gas prices are soaring, due in part to Biden Administration policies that make energy more expensive and more difficult to produce in the United States.

Some of President Biden’s earliest actions sent a signal that energy production was not welcome in the United States. On his first day in office, he cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline. Days later, he ordered a pause to new oil and gas leases on federal lands.

Even as gas prices have surged, the Administration continues to pursue actions that would hurt energy markets. They are threatening to shut down Line 5 from Canada to Wisconsin and in their big government reconciliation bill want to tax natural gas and further obstruct domestic production.

After undercutting domestic energy production, President Biden throws up his hands when asked to encourage domestic production. Instead, the Administration has called on Russia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase oil supplies.

The White House Press Secretary waves away the pain at the pump and says higher gas prices should encourage development of their pet fuel sources. That’s an unacceptable answer for Ninth District residents who have to dig deeper into their wallets to fill up their vehicles.

Last week, I sent a letter to the Democrat leadership of the Energy and Commerce Committee requesting an oversight hearing on the Administration’s handling of high energy costs. I’m working to overturn Biden Administration policies that undercut American energy production and encouraging a return to energy dominance, when America led the way in safe, responsible, affordable energy production.

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