‘While the Democrats' plan focuses on importing more oil from OPEC, we are focused on increasing the supply of American energy and American jobs’
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Wednesday regarding the Democrats’ plan to raise taxes on American energy and American jobs, but not lower prices at the pump:
“More than two years after their promise of a ‘commonsense plan,’ they finally unveiled it – minus the commonsense. Their answer to record-high gas prices was predictable: More taxes, more bureaucracy and continued dependence on OPEC. None of these proposals will lower the price at the pump; all will increase the strain on the family budget.
“While the Democrats' plan focuses on importing more oil from OPEC, we are focused on increasing the supply of American energy and American jobs.”
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