High Gas Prices Caused by Biden Policies, Republican Lawmakers Say

As House interrogates energy execs over high prices, lawmaker points out previous hearing when production was discouraged

Gas station employees in Gainesville, Fla. say they keep removing stickers from gas pumps that show President Joe Biden with the words "I did that!" but replacement stickers quickly reappear. Nanette Holt/Epoch Times

Historically high gas prices are largely a result of Biden administration policies, not simply Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and other Republican senators said at an April 6 press conference.

“The problem is that the oil is in Louisiana and Texas and Oklahoma and Kansas and North Dakota and Alaska and in many other states, but the dipsticks are in Washington, D.C.,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.).