The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is not a bailout fund for President Obama's failed policies.
As Mr. Whitfield said earlier--Chairman Whitfield said earlier, we need to provide immediate assistance to help consumers.
I do not intend today to place all of the blame on the President, but I am going to give him some blame.
The President and his administration have decided to address energy costs by spending billions of taxpayer dollars to develop electric cars.
If we continue to follow his policies, gas prices are not going to go down, they are going to go up.
The increase in production is due to production on private and State lands.
The rule of thumb is every $10 increase in the price of oil is a quarter or 25 cent increase in the price of gasoline.
Our military soldiers are coming back from war hooked on these pain pills.
Drug overdoses now kill more West Virginians than car accidents.
This is one of the bills that I have introduced. It would set up a uniform system for tracking painkiller-related deaths.
Our medicine cabinets are more dangerous than our cars.
We must strengthen drug diversion, educate our children and adults on prevention.
Distressingly, my home State of West Virginia has our Nation's highest rate of drug-related deaths.
I would much rather see your Subcommittee mark up these bills, move the ball forward, and take decisive action to end this debilitating drug...
In my home state, we are losing about 82 people a month to prescription drug abuse.
You can't have an ally part-time. You either have an ally or you don't.
The medicine cabinet is a bigger weapon than a car, and it is infecting the military as well.
What we need is a change in the rules of engagement.
