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Biden is to blame for rising gas prices. America needs to expand energy production.

The Honorable David Bernhardt ,  March 29, 2022

By David Bernhardt 

President Biden's energy policies have hurt Americans at the gas pump as the crisis in Ukraine unfolds. It's time to expand energy production. 

Gasoline prices had already hit a record high the morning that President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian energy imports on March 8.

The last time average gas prices topped $4 a gallon was in 2008, when George W. Bush was president. At that time, the White House worked with the Department of the Interior to expand American energy production. By contrast, the Biden administration has been curbing oil and gas drilling. This means that today’s pain at the pump is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.

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