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President Biden Isn’t Serious About Lowering Gas Prices
If President Biden Truly Wanted To Lower Gas Prices And Strengthen American Energy Production, He Would Get Serious About Reversing His Administration's Policies That Are 'Purposefully Meant To Hinder American Oil And Natural Gas' Development "When Mr. Biden took office, international crude prices were less than $60 a barrel and regular gasoline prices averaged less than $2.40 a gallon in the U.S. Since then, oil has nearly doubled, with the international benchmark settling Monday up 3% to $… Continue Reading
03.29.22
Americans Place The Blame For Inflation And Soaring Gas Prices Right Where It Belongs: On President Biden’s Policies
Recent Polls Show Americans Aren't Buying The Lame Spin From The White House And Democrats In Congress About Inflation And High Gas Prices Being The Fault Of Everything But Their Own Policies SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "America's working families continue to face strong headwinds as they try to make ends meet. The historic inflation kicked off by runaway liberal spending last year is still taking its toll, one paycheck at a time…. Unfortunately, Washington Democr… Continue Reading
03.10.22
Biden’s Presidency: Nine Straight Months Of Inflation Exceeding 5% And The Most Expensive Gas Prices In U.S. History
'The Fastest Pace Of Inflation In 40 Years' And The Highest Gas Prices In U.S. History Are Hammering Ordinary Americans, With 'Nearly Every Category Of Goods And Services' Increasing In Price Over The Last Month SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Everybody knows that gas prices and energy costs have been soaring sharply for many months. Working families know all too well that gas prices and utility costs have been rising throughout President Biden's tenure. Just this morning, … Continue Reading
03.07.22
Crude Intentions: Biden White House Frantically Looks Abroad For Energy That Americans Can And Should Produce At Home
After Months Of Working To Smother U.S. Oil And Gas Production, The Biden Administration Is Now Begging Foreign Human Rights Abusers To Increase Their Energy Production SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "There is some suspicion the Administration is desperate for any excuse to ease sanctions on Iranian oil exports to help blunt the impact of the European crisis on Americans' pocketbooks. This White House seems determined to go hat in hand and beg every bad actor around the worl… Continue Reading
03.01.22
‘The President Made Stifling American Energy Independence A Day One Priority’
SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Remember, the President made stifling American energy independence a Day One priority, killing miles of pipeline and freezing new jobs and new exploration with the stroke of a pen." (Sen. McConnell, Remarks, 3/01/2022) Earlier Today, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Dismissed Calls To Reverse These Harmful Polices, Declaring That They Would Not 'Address The Issue At All' FOX NEWS' DANA PERINO: "Will there be anything in the speech to … Continue Reading
02.17.22
Democrats’ Gas Tax Gimmick Can’t Hide Their Policies That Are Designed To Raise Energy Prices
Democrats Facing Frustrated Voters In November Are Proposing To Suspend The Gas Tax In An Obvious Election Year Gimmick, But Have Spent A Year Voting For And Supporting Green New Deal Policies To Strangle Domestic Energy Production That Have Sent Prices Soaring SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): ""Washington Democrats' inflation is slamming consumers with the highest prices in 40 years. One of the toughest blows has been the soaring cost of a trip to the gas station. A gallon of r… Continue Reading
11.16.21
As Energy Prices Soar, Biden Keeps Trying To Make Energy More Expensive
With Costs For All Forms Of Energy Rising And Accelerating Inflation, Democrats Continue To Push Myopic Energy Policies, Like A Renewed War On Coal And Oil And Gas Exploration Bans, Which Will Only Further Constrain Domestic Energy Supplies And Make Energy Even More Expensive For American Families And Workers SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Across the country, working families are already worrying about the big, potentially historic spikes in energy costs and heating bills tha… Continue Reading
11.10.21
Generational High Inflation: Kill The Bill
As Rampant Inflation Continues To Break Records And Hurt American Families, It's Long Past Time For Democrats To Heed Warnings That 'DC Can No Longer Ignore The Economic Pain Americans Feel Every Day' And Drop Their Multi-Trillion Dollar Reckless Taxing-And-Spending Spree SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[Democrats] have already created a lot of harm this year with the previous $2 trillion package they passed earlier this year without a single Republican vote. It created raging… Continue Reading
11.09.21
Biden Administration Launches New Offensive In Their War On Coal
After Eight Disastrous Years For Energy Policy Under The Obama Administration, Its Retreads In The Biden Administration Are Pledging To Revive The War On Coal, With John Kerry Telling Climate Activists That 'We Won't Have Coal' While The Biden EPA Attempts To Revive The Supreme Court-Blocked 'Clean Power Plan' And Congressional Democrats Pursue Policies That Will Make Energy More Expensive And Less Reliable For Americans SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "As a Kentuckian, I'm all… Continue Reading
10.27.21
Dems Double Down On High Energy Prices With Green New Deal Policies
Just As Americans Are Getting Hit With 'Soaring Energy Prices' For Gasoline, Natural Gas, Coal, And Oil, Democrats Are Pushing Radical Green New Deal Policies In Their Reckless Taxing-And-Spending-Spree That Would Worsen The Energy Crunch The Biden Administration's Regulations Already Exacerbated SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The federal government's own analysts of the energy sector are predicting that this winter, American families could face home heating bills that are 54… Continue Reading
08.10.21
Dems Vote To Support Biden Energy Policies Making For ‘A Cruel Summer At The Gas Pump’
Every Single Senate Democrat Voted To Support President Biden's Moratorium On New Oil And Gas Exploration On Federal Lands As Gas Prices Have Shot Up Over A Dollar In The Last Year All 50 Senate Democrats voted against Sen. Cynthia Lummis' (R-WY) amendment, which would have reversed the Biden administration's moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on public lands. (S.Amdt.3104, S.Con.Res.14, Roll Call Vote #320: Rejected 49-50: D 0-48; R 49-0; I 0-2; 8/10/2021) SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH Mc… Continue Reading
06.23.21
‘A Tale Of Two Pipelines’
The Contrast Is Undeniable: President Biden Cancelled A Pipeline That Would Create American Jobs And Support An American Ally Yet Allowed A Pipeline That Will Help The Russian Economy And Embolden An American Adversary SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[T]wo weeks ago, the President left for Europe having already given the Kremlin two other gifts: a high-profile summit that experts predicted Putin would use to help legitimize his regime at home and abroad, and a waiver of san… Continue Reading
04.28.21
‘Centrist Words, Liberal Actions’: Biden’s First 100 Days
Though Joe Biden Ran As A Unifying Figure, The Record Of His First 100 Days Is One Of Partisan Ideological Left-Wing Governance President Biden Pledged Unity But Has Spent His First 100 Days Governing From The Left Despite Biden's Call For Unity, His First Actions As President Were 'To Advance A Liberal Agenda' And 'Offer Little Compromise' The Rhetoric: 'Unity Is The Path Forward … I Will Fight As Hard For Those Who Did Not Support Me As For Those Who Did,' '[The American People]… Continue Reading
02.10.21
Let’s Go To The Vote-A-Rama Highlights
Here Are The Plays From Last Week's Marathon Voting Session That You Need To See Again SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Last week, the Senate had a 14-hour voting marathon on amendments to the phony partisan budget that Democrats jammed through as a procedural step. We got Senators on the record on a host of questions that matter to American families. Sadly Democrats blocked our efforts to say that, at the very least, school districts where teachers have been vaccinated cert… Continue Reading
01.27.21
Biden Says Compromise But Governs Left
In His First Days In Office, President Biden Has Enacted A Raft Of Left-Wing Executive Orders And Floated Legislative Priorities That 'Advance A Liberal Agenda' But 'Offer Little Compromise' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[O]n the Biden Administration's very first day, it took several big steps in the wrong direction. The President re-entered the failed Paris climate agreement -- a terrible bargain that would set us up to self-inflict major economic pain on working American f… Continue Reading
03.04.20
Senate Takes Up Bipartisan American Energy Innovation Act
The Bipartisan American Energy Innovation Act Includes More Than 50 Bills That Would 'Modernize Our Energy Laws,' 'Keep Energy Affordable,' 'Strengthen Our Security,' And 'Increase Our Competitiveness' 'While Making Our Energy Cleaner' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "This week, the Senate has a good opportunity to update the laws governing the way we harness and deploy America's tremendous domestic energy resources. It's been well over a decade since the last time comprehensi… Continue Reading
10.17.19
Democrats Seek To Revive The War On Coal
Senate Democrats Want To Turn Back The Clock And Revive A Costly 'Complex Scheme' From The Obama Administration That Would Have Raised Energy Costs For Families And Shipped Jobs Overseas "Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) vowed on Thursday to force a floor vote in the Senate on blocking the Trump administration's efforts to repeal Obama-era rules mandating a shift from coal power … It is one of several efforts Mr. Schumer said he plans to make to stem President Trump's r… Continue Reading
09.18.19
Burying The Socialist Agenda: House Democrats Vote To Constrain American Energy
Senate Republicans Ensure That At A Time When U.S. Energy Production Is Critical To Americans At Home And Markets Abroad, House Democrats' Agenda To Restrict It Will Go Nowhere SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "While the attack [on Saudi Arabia] has shaken global energy markets, to be sure, the United States is much better positioned to weather the storm than we might have been in decades past…. Why is that, Mr. President? The answer is three words: American domestic ener… Continue Reading
07.18.19
Green New Deal Backers Reveal What Their Sweeping Plan Is Really About
Proponents Call It 'Social-Democratic Populism' That's Really 'A How-Do-You-Change-The-Entire-Economy Thing' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The most prominent voices in the Democratic Party are openly calling to re-start a big-government assault on fossil fuels and on so many Americans' livelihoods. We all remember, several months back, when many Democrats embraced an unabashedly socialist proposal called the Green New Deal that would have made the Obama-era War on Coal look… Continue Reading
06.20.19
Replacing The Obama EPA’s Job-Killing Coal Regulation
The Trump Administration Is Doing Away With An Obama EPA Regulation That 'Would Have Weaponized A Federal Agency To Bury Energy Producers,' 'Left Higher Electricity Costs In Its Wake,' And Cost American Jobs "The Environmental Protection Agency finalized its replacement for Obama's signature climate policy on Wednesday with a rule officials say will still reduce greenhouse gas emissions … The Clean Power Plan, which never went into effect, was a signature policy proposed by Presiden… Continue Reading
