Political Quotes

“I want to thank the Senator from Kansas for his work on this bill. Madam President, the price at the pump has skyrocketed. Let's do a quick trip down memory lane. When President Biden was inaugurated, the weekly average price for gas was about $2.30 a gallon. In fact, when we introduced the bill that we are trying to pass today, the Gas Price Relief Act, that was on March 31 of this year, the weekly average was $4.02 a gallon. The weekly average today is $4.84. In fact, other studies show it is now at $5 and climbing. We think these numbers will keep going up. Most analysts agree. We may be facing $6-a-gallon gas by this summer. I filled up my pickup in Belgrade, MT, Friday night. My wife and I pulled into a gas station. And when the tank was full, the price tag was $138. The pain at the pump that Montana families are feeling today is because of the Democrats' anti-American energy policies. When President Biden killed the Keystone Pipeline 6 hours after being sworn in--by the way, that had tremendous benefits for the State of Montana. They help our impoverished Eastern Montana counties with tax revenues, not to mention providing nearly a million barrels of oil a day for the United States.…”