Sullivan Statement On Record High Alaska Gas Prices | U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska

05.17.22

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) launched the next assertion in the present day on Alaska gasoline costs averaging a record-high of $5.00 per gallon. 

“Right this moment, People, particularly in my residence state of Alaska, are paying the worth for Joe Biden’s damaging power insurance policies,” Sen. Sullivan mentioned. “The unhappy reality is, the ache People expertise every time they attempt to replenish their automobile is a part of an intentional plan by this administration—beholden to the ultra-left—to drive up costs to be able to ‘speed up’ the transition to renewables. 

“Since day one among his presidency, Joe Biden and his workforce have waged an unrelenting struggle on my residence state and, furthermore, American power. They’ve restricted power manufacturing at each alternative: simply have a look at their latest actions in Prepare dinner Inlet and the NPR-A. They’ve killed and delayed pipelines and infrastructure, strong-armed the monetary sector to blackball American power, and appointed radical anti-energy officers to our nation’s highest monetary posts. 

“I implore Joe Biden to desert the novel left’s damaging anti-American power agenda. There’s one other manner. We will defend the setting AND unleash American power. Learn my American Vitality, Jobs & Local weather plan, Mr. President.”

Background:

Right this moment, Alaska gasoline costs reached a mean of $5.00 for the primary time ever. Alaska presently has the sixth most costly gasoline within the nation. Gasoline throughout the U.S. additionally averaged a file $4.52 in the present day – the eighth consecutive day gasoline costs reached file highs. 

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