Neighborhood Ministries

President Biden is desperate to contain rising gas prices that have reached a 40 year high and are still climbing. He is trying stopgap measures that help for a few days or a week or so but don’t deal with the underlying problem. We need to get the pipeline restored and our domestic oil production back online so we are not dependent on foreign oil. President Obama cut American oil production and forced us to depend on foreign oil under the pretense of protecting the environment and gas prices reached over $4.00 a gallon. President Trump restored American oil production and made America free from dependence on foreign oil and prices dropped to around $1.75 a gallon. When President Biden was declared the winner, prices jumped to $2.60 a gallon in anticipation of President Biden cutting American production. Since President Biden cut American production and cancelled the pipeline, gas prices have continued to climb and have reached a 40-year record high. He has created a situation in two years that President Obama did not create in his eight years. That doesn’t even count the risk of oil shortages due to dependence on foreign oil and the fact he is draining our reserves leaving us at risk in case of war or natural disaster. We are dependent on Russia and Iran and are not on friendly terms with either. Russia only supplies a small amount of our oil and has caused us a major headache. Iran supplies most of it and has already cut off our supply once in 1974 and gas prices doubled almost overnight causing widespread business closings, high unemployment, and long lines at the pump due to gas shortages. Do we want to face that again? We need to elect people to Congress and the Presidency who will put America first.