[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 LOWERING GAS PRICES AND CREATING JOBS

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, here's the sign at a gas station at 
the corner of Pike Street and I 77 in Marietta, Ohio: $3.69 for a 
gallon of unleaded regular. It's one example of surging gas prices 
across southeastern Ohio.
  When President Obama took office, the price for a gallon of gas was 
$1.86. It has now doubled, and some estimate that it will be around 5 
bucks by this summer. This is just one indicator that President Obama's 
energy policies have failed America and are continuing to make our 
economy worse.
  He says that he wants an all-of-the-above approach to energy, but his 
actions do the exact opposite. In fact, President Obama cut oil 
production on Federal lands by 11 percent last year and he blocked the 
Keystone XL pipeline.
  We can't afford President Obama's destructive energy policies 
anymore. Not only will increased energy production lower the price at 
the gas pump, but it will create much-needed jobs right now. 
Hardworking Americans need both, not more of the same from President 
Obama.

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