The Hill News

As we approach the peak driving months of summer, gasoline prices are nearly $4 a gallon â€" double the cost when President Obama took office. It’s no coincidence that American workers and families are still struggling through the weakest economic recovery and highest sustained joblessness since the Great Depression. High energy costs are keeping our country in the economic doldrums.
 
The president likes to remind us that he doesn’t control the price of gasoline. He blames the Japanese earthquake, Middle East unrest, and conspiracies by wily speculators and greedy oil companies. The American people don’t expect their President to halt earthquakes. They simply ask that he try to protect our families and businesses from price spikes and supply disruptions with the opportunities he does have. Unfortunately, the president is unwilling to do so.

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