GAS PRICES Speaker: Congressman John Joyce Publication: Congressional Record Date: 7 June 2022 |
(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.