[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
GAS PRICES
(Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this week, as gasoline prices
climb to over $5 a gallon at home, Pennsylvania families are now paying
twice what they paid when President Biden first took office just 18
months ago.
By Biden's canceling of new drilling leases and decision to impose
burdensome standards on our energy producers, the President has turned
his back on the energy crisis that our communities right now are
facing.
A new report out this week finds that at this rate, Americans are on
track to pay over $5,000 a year for gasoline. These prices are
unsustainable, and instead of addressing the problem, President Biden
has chosen to side with the far-left activists instead of the working-
class Americans who are paying these prices at the pump.
The answer is clear: We need to produce American energy for American
families to lower the cost of gas and stop the runaway inflation that
is right now crippling our Nation.
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