[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        GAS PRICES HAVE DOUBLED

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, gas prices have doubled under President 
Biden's failed anti-American energy policies. But I don't know which is 
worse, that the national average per gallon of gas is 5 bucks or that--
in my home State of California, we would like to see 5 bucks once 
again. Prices are well over $7, thanks to decades' worth of regulatory 
assault on American gas in California and now at the Washington level.
  While the American people are struggling to keep up financially, the 
Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Transportation tell them to go 
buy electric vehicles. If American families are struggling to afford 
these outrageous gas prices, what makes these bureaucrats think that 
they can afford a brand-new $50,000 electric vehicle? Enough of this 
``let them eat cake'' attitude.
  These gas prices weren't caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They 
were caused by regulatory assault on our energy industry and domestic 
production being killed.
  President Biden, take responsibility for your failed energy policies. 
Stand down from your war on American energy, and unleash American 
energy independence and help our people for a change.

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