Congressman Mike Pence

Calls for Congress to embrace common sense, bipartisan, all-of-the-above energy policy



Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Mike Pence spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in dismay regarding the high price of gas. His remarks are below:

"As I travel across Indiana, it's clear that Hoosier families are hurting: 8.4 percent unemployment and nearly $4 per gallon gasoline at the pump when they go to fill up their cars and trucks.

"It is time for this Congress to come together in a bipartisan way and adopt an all-of-the-above energy policy that will include more access to America's energy reserves, more alternative energy sources, and greater conservation.

"The encouraging news is that this House has passed bipartisan legislation to do just that.

"We voted to streamline the energy permitting process, lift the administration's ban on new offshore drilling in the Gulf and the East Coast, rein in the EPA's attempt to impose a national energy tax, and even require the administration to approve and complete the entire Keystone XL natural gas pipeline.

"Unfortunately, the Senate and the administration have not embraced these bipartisan, common sense measures to advance our energy independence.

"The reality is, the price at the pump has more than doubled. From the $1.79 per gallon from when the president took office, to the time it is today.

"Hoosiers know what all Americans know: we can do better than $4 a gallon, but we must embrace common sense, bipartisan, all-of-the-above energy policy to do it."

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