Gard to Take Gas Price Reduction Plan on the Road
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Gard to Take Gas Price Reduction Plan on the Road
The month of July is when the United States celebrates our Founding Fathers' daring act of declaring independence from a foreign power that was threatening the prosperity and growth of America.
Eighth Congressional District candidate John Gard will be spending this July with a new call for independence from an overseas power that is a threat to America's prosperity - foreign oil.
Gard will be holding a series of town halls in July throughout Northeast Wisconsin. The first town halls will take place on July 1 in Appleton and Seymour and July 2 in Waupaca.
"High gas prices are blocking working families from achieving the American dream that those brave men and women envisioned in July of 1776," said Gard. "We simply have to make lowering gas prices and declaring independence from expensive foreign oil a top national priority. And, it's time we approach this threat to our prosperity with the same courage and determination shown by Americans 232 years ago."
Gard has made his plan to lower gas prices, and his differences with incumbent Congressman Steve Kagen's multiple votes to ban domestic oil exploration, the centerpiece of his campaign for Congress. He held a telephone town hall on Tuesday night that attracted nearly 7,000 participants.
"Instead of finding solutions, too many current members of Congress, including Steve Kagen, are voting to block our ability to increase oil production - which is the surest way to lower prices at the pump," said Gard. "I'm looking forward to getting across the district and continuing to share my plan with voters to get gas prices under control once and for all."
Since Steve Kagen began serving in Congress, gas prices have increased by over $1.65 a gallon. Kagen has voted eight times against measures designed to lift restrictions including the ban on oil exploration off America's coast lines in waters where foreign nations are already exploring and drilling.
Gard's plan to control gas prices includes:
* Allowing environmentally safe oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
* Increasing access for oil exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf.
* Allowing development of shale oil sites.
* Cutting red tape on refineries.
* Putting tighter controls on investors who trade in the oil futures market.
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