Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, no one has suffered more than Californians because of the left's war on fossil fuels. Forty years of folly are now driving energy prices out of reach for working families and driving those working families out of California. In 1980, 40 refineries served the California market, producing abundant gasoline at easily affordable prices. Mr. Latta said 14 refineries were left. His numbers are old. We are now down to nine refineries, and two more of those, Phillips in southern California and Valero in northern California, are closing by April. That will leave us just seven refineries to serve the State. Californians already pay the highest gasoline prices in the United States, averaging $4.64 a gallon as of yesterday. The same gallon costs only $2.56 in Oklahoma.
Brett Guthrie: “Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, no one has suffered more than Californians because of the left's war on fossil fuels. Forty…”
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Discussing the impact of fossil fuel policies on California's energy prices.
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