McHenry votes against lower gas prices
Congressman Patrick McHenry’s office says he will be visiting Western North Carolina this week, and his office says he wants to talk about how to lower gas prices. But up in Washington, D.C., McHenry votes “no” to every attempt to establish a comprehensive energy policy that would lower gas prices for working families.
• McHenry voted “no” to requiring oil companies to drill on the 68 million acres that they already hold leases for, which could produce 4.8 million barrels of oil and 44.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas daily (H.R. 6251, June 26). Drilling on these public lands could double U.S. oil production and cut oil imports by one-third.
• McHenry voted “no” to cracking down on oil speculators that artificially inflate the price of oil (H.R. 6604, July 30).
• McHenry voted “no” to releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (H.R. 6578, July 24). Each time the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been tapped or deposits suspended, the price of oil has dropped by at least 19 percent.
• McHenry voted “no” to tax credits for investment in alternative energy (H.R. 2776, Aug. 4).
• McHenry voted “no” to cracking down on gas price gauging (H.R. 1252, May 23).
• But McHenry says “yes” to $25,500 in campaign donations from oil and gas companies.
Johnson understands how skyrocketing gas prices shrink our families’ budgets and our businesses’ bottom lines. In Congress, Johnson pledges to work with both parties to establish an aggressive, comprehensive strategy for lowering prices at the pump. He will vote to increase refinery capacity, to force oil companies to drill on the lands they already own, and to end tax breaks for oil companies making record profits so the U.S. can invest in alternative energy that creates jobs and brings down the price of a tank of gas.
— Submitted by the Daniel Johnson campaign.
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http://www.danieljohnson08.com.
