Political Quotes

“The more things change, the more they stay the same. Members of Congress are standing on this floor talking about buy low, sell high. I look back two Congresses ago during the Trump administration, and the Republicans stood on this floor and offered this very thing: to allow the President of the United States to buy a commodity--oil--at the lowest price possible so that we could replenish the SPR. Thank God for acknowledging that fact. Unfortunately, oil isn't cheap right now. You're not going to be able to buy oil very low. Unless we change the policies of this country and start producing American energy, increasing supply to meet demand lowers prices. It is very simple: Economics 101. The answer to our energy insecurity is not reflexive Democrat Big Government price controls which will restrict energy resource development and supply and drive up energy costs, which we are seeing, adding to the current inflation rate which is over 6 percent. The GDP numbers came out today. Very slow growth in this Nation. We have a solution: produce American energy, fuel the economy, help your constituents, lower transportation fuels, lower energy costs for their homes through American energy resources. Price controls always end with gas lines and fuel shortages. Truckers were stuck this year on the side of the interstate for days because of diesel fuel shortages. I talked about that earlier. Consumer prices are through the roof.…”