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Richard Hudson
stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet:

“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”

By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post:

“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”

By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 2022
Saving Arizona PAC
stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter:

"Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. "

By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 6, 2022 in TV ad:

“Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.”

By Madeline Heim • August 5, 2022
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:

The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”

By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”

By Sara Swann • May 6, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2022 in a post:

Fuel containing 15% ethanol will ruin a car engine.

By Monique Curet • April 18, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 in Twitter:

Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”

By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022
Tom Tiffany
stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter:

Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer

By Laura Schulte • August 6, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2021 in social media posts:

“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on May 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.

By Tom Kertscher • May 7, 2020
Scott Walker
stated on October 9, 2018 in a video:

Says Tony Evers will "raise the gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon."

By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2018
Senate Democrats
stated on May 23, 2018 in a tweet:

"El precio de combustible ha aumentado un 25% este año" / "The price of gas has increased 25% this year."

By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2018
Travis Allen
stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article:

"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."

By Chris Nichols • December 14, 2017
Barack Obama
stated on November 14, 2014 in a press conference in Burma:

Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."

By Lauren Carroll • November 20, 2014
Roger Williams
stated on July 1, 2013:

Says Obama policies contributed to gas prices rising from $1.89 in January 2009 to $3.51 today.

By Sue Owen • July 23, 2013
Ron Johnson
stated on March 26, 2013 in a constituent email:

A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policy’s effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could "raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent" by 2030.

By Dave Umhoefer • April 28, 2013
Michael Riley
stated on September 30, 2012 in a news release:

"When Congressman Langevin took office, gas was around $1.70 per gallon, and now it is near $4 per gallon."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 8, 2012
Billboard
stated on July 23, 2012 in a billboard:

The price of gasoline was at $1.85 a gallon when President Barack Obama took office and has since nearly doubled because of his policies

By James B. Nelson • August 24, 2012
Eric Hovde
stated on July 2, 2012 in a news release:

The United States can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than Saudi Arabia."

By Dave Umhoefer • July 12, 2012
Eric Hovde
stated on March 29, 2012 in a radio ad:

"The failed economic policies" of President Barack Obama, the Democrats and the Federal Reserve "are making gas prices higher while America’s economy is running on fumes."

By James B. Nelson • May 4, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.:

Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."

By Alex Kuffner • April 29, 2012
David Dewhurst
stated on March 8, 2012 in an email blast.:

Says gas costs $4.50 a gallon.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2012
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.:

Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."

By Becky Bowers • January 24, 2012