Issue Position: Gas Prices

Issue Position

While you're paying more and more money to fill up the gas tank, it may seem we're playing the "blame game," in Washington. But, the truth is the rising price of gas is not a Republican issue it's not a Democrat issue, it is an American issue because it's affecting every single family across the country regardless of their political ideology.

I have voted in favor of increased gas mileage standards, I have voted for suspending deposits to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, I have voted for alternative energy incentives, I have voted to give the U.S. the ability to investigate OPEC nations for alleged price fixing, and I have voted for the federal gas tax holiday. But it will take more. We have a production deficit in this country. The bottom line is among many approaches like those above, we also need to increase the production of energy to see a real dollars and cents difference in gas prices.
We'll all have to give a little -- gas producers and conservationists, Republicans and Democrats -- to get to a real solution. But I am committed to increasing energy production, whether that is the production of biofuels or gasoline, I know the status quo is unacceptable. Explore this section of my website to see our latest efforts to decrease the cost of gas and learn about how we can increase the nation's energy supply.

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