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On the recordJanuary 27, 2023
The Biden policies are causing inflation across this country and not allowing America to come roaring back after the pandemic. The first thing he did was stop oil and gas production in this country--ended leases, stopped Federal leasing--and that has caused gas prices to go up, which affects all of our constituents, not just the lower income ones, but all of them. The lower income people pay a higher percentage of their discretionary income for energy due to this administration's policies. That means they have less money to spend on other commodities that they want to buy to improve their lives. If you want to lower inflation in this country, let's get the economy back. One way to get the economy back is to provide cheap diesel fuel so that those commodities can be transported across the country and so that diesel fuel is affordable for the farmers to plant their crops and harvest their crops. Inflation is going to continue because of this administration's policies affecting energy prices for our farmers. Commodities are going to be higher than they are today because of the input costs. Fertilizer comes from energy sources. That is an input cost. Diesel fuel for tractors and trucks transports the crops from the farm to the processors to the store. If we want to lower inflation in this country, we do it through American energy dominance. We have the resources. All we have to do is go tap them. Increase supply to meet demand.…
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

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