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Republican Leader Mitch McConnell On The Democrats’ “Gradual Adjustment” Approach To Gas Prices
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FULL TRANSCRIPT:
“Let me on behalf of the Senate Republican Leadership kick it off by saying that there are very few Americans, who I’m aware of, who agree that any increase in gas prices is a good idea.
“Which is why I was stunned to see that even on the day after Senator Obama, their presidential candidate, admitted that he actually preferred a gradual increase in gas prices, that they are saying here in the Senate they want to carry his message.
“He’s had ample opportunity since yesterday to recant, he’s chosen not to do so, so we should assume that that is his position. That the only problem he has with increased gas prices is that he would have preferred that we would have gotten there gradually, rather than more quickly.
“I can’t imagine that there’s anybody in America who thinks $4-a-gallon gas is a good thing—whether you got there quickly, or whether you got there over a long period of time.
“We are committed to lowering gas prices by producing more American energy, creating more American jobs, and developing more clean energy solutions. And I think we are certainly unified in believing that $4-a-gallon gas is not a good thing, whether it got there gradually or quickly.”
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| Permalink Posted: June 12, 2008 at 6:22:13 PM EDT |
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