Is $3.93 a Gallon the “Best” Dems Can Do?
| FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), Pete Aguilar (CA-31), Jason Altmire (PA-12), Jeff Anderson (MN-08), George Badey (PA-07), Ron Barber (AZ-08), John Barrow (GA-12), Ami Bera (CA-07), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Kathy Boockvar (PA-08), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Lois Capps (CA-24), Ben Chandler (KY-06), Andrei Cherny (AZ-09), David Cicilline (RI-01), Tarryl Clark (MN-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Costa (CA-16), Mark Critz (PA-12), David Crooks (IN-08), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Joanne Dowdell (NH-01), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Pete Gallego (TX-23), John Garamendi (CA-03), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Clark Hall (AR-01), Brad Harriman (IL-12), Jose Hernandez (CA-10), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Paul Hirschbiel (VA-02), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Q. Byrum Hurst (AR-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Bill Keating (MA-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Pat Kreitlow (WI-07), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Larry Maggi (PA-18), Jim Matheson (UT-04), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Gary McDowell (MI-01), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), Michael Michaud (ME-02), Joe Miklosi (CO-06), Brendan Mullen (IN-02), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Mark Murphy (NY-11), Rick Nolan (MN-08), John Oceguera (NV-03), Bill Owens (NY-21), Sal Pace (CO-03), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Scott Peters (CA-52), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Lori Saldaña (CA-52), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Brandon Shaffer (CO-04), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Betty Sutton (OH-16), Mark Takano (CA-41), John Tierney (MA-06), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Manan Trivedi (PA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Christie Vilsack (IA-04), Bill Vinsko (PA-11), Jamie Wall (WI-08), Tim Walz (MN-01), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), John Yarmuth (KY-03)
Is $4.29 a Gallon the “Best” Garamendi Can Do?
Vice President Biden Claims the Democrats’ Approach to Energy is “the Best it’s Ever Been” as Average Price of Gas Climbs to $4.29 a Gallon in California WASHINGTON — Despite the soaring gas prices in California and across the country, John Garamendi’s Democrat leaders in Washington continue to act as if there isn’t a problem at all. In fact, just yesterday Vice President Joe Biden claimed that “our energy policy is the best it’s ever been” when apparently referring to the Washington Democrats’ war on energy that has stifled domestic production and seen costs skyrocket. Since the average price for a gallon of gas in California is now at $4.29 a gallon, does Garamendi also think the Democrat status quo on energy is the best they can do? “Apparently John Garamendi’s Democrat leaders in Washington are proud that their war on energy has resulted in California families paying $4.29 per gallon on average at the gas pump,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Does Garamendi also think that the Washington Democrat energy policies that have seen gas prices double since President Obama took office are the best they can possibly be?” Vice President Joe Biden claimed that Washington Democrat policies are they best they’ve ever been: REPORTER: “Gas prices are above $4.00 a gallon, you were asked this question, and you gave an answer. But there’s a new commercial out that says “since Obama has become president, prices have nearly doubled. Four years in, should you all have a better energy policy in America?
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: “I think our energy policy is the best it’s ever been.” (“Biden: ‘Our Energy Policy Is The Best It’s Ever Been,'” Real Clear Politics, 4/4/12)But the price for a gallon of regular unleaded in California is now averaging at $4.29. (AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report, Accessed 4/5/12) And instead of helping, the energy tax policies Washington Democrats tout most on the campaign trail these days would actually increase the price of gasoline for families already struggling at the pump: “The Administration estimates that the tax changes outlined in the budget proposal would provide $22.8 billion in revenues over the period 2012 to 2016, and over $43.6 billion from 2012 to 2021. These changes, if enacted by Congress, also would reduce the tax advantage enjoyed by independent oil and natural gas companies over the major oil companies. On what would likely be a small scale, the proposals also would make oil and natural gas more expensive for U.S. consumers and likely increase foreign dependence.” (Robert Pirog, “Oil and Natural Gas Industry Tax Issues in the FY2012 Budget Proposal, Congressional Research Service, 3/3/12)
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