Political Quotes

“Madam President, back in 2008 then-Senator Obama said that under his policies energy costs would necessarily ``skyrocket'' and that he would ``have preferred a gradual adjustment to higher gasoline prices.'' He indicated at the time that under his policies energy prices were going to go up. He mentioned that he would like a more gradual adjustment, but when he talked about those policies, he said energy costs would necessarily ``skyrocket.'' I think we now know which of the campaign promises the President has kept because we have seen energy prices skyrocket for most Americans. In fact, gasoline prices have doubled under President Obama's watch. If you look at January 2009, the price per gallon of gasoline was $1.85. Today it is $3.73, and some analysts are predicting $5-a-gallon gasoline by May of this year. Today marks the 24th straight day of gasoline price increases. The problem with all this is that the President rhetorically, when he goes out and talks about energy, says that he wants an all-of-the-above strategy. We always say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and obviously that is a phrase many of us as Republicans have been using for some time. We talk about an all-of-the-above strategy that includes oil and gas and clean coal and nuclear and biofuels and solar and wind--all of those.…”