Cole Slams Democrats’ Anti-American Energy Bill

Washington, D.C.- Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 7688, the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act.

"Let's be clear about what H.R. 7688 actually is, and that is an attempt by Democrats to deflect away from the failed energy policies of the Biden Administration that created the current energy crisis and record high gas prices," said Cole. "The president is solely responsible for the damaging consequences of his anti-American energy policies, yet he's trying to convince the American people that our oil and gas companies are to blame. Are we blaming American farmers and ranchers for the cost of food being up? Are we blaming the fishermen in Maine and Massachusetts for the price of lobster and other seafood being up? No.

"The reality is that Democrats and the president refuse to advance obvious solutions that would immediately bring prices down and reduce pain at the gas pump for hardworking American families. This should include allowing oil and gas drilling on federal lands, restarting the Keystone XL Pipeline, stopping the purchase of oil from adversarial countries, exploring new domestic sources of energy and enacting an all-of-the-above energy policy to secure American energy independence. Instead, all we have is this pathetic fig leaf of a bill that does nothing the Federal Trade Commission cannot already do and that wrongfully villainizes our hardworking American energy producers."

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