In Senate, a Clash on What’s Causing Energy Prices to Spike

In Senate, a Clash on What’s Causing Energy Prices to Spike
Senator Angus King (I-Maine) asks questions at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in Washington on June 7, 2017. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Nathan Worcester
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Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Energy Subcommittee heard testimony July 13 on the drivers of high energy prices, a key issue for Americans across the country as inflation rages and November midterms loom closer.

In May of this year, Rasmussen Reports found that 82 percent of likely voters in the United States considered themselves concerned about increasing gasoline and energy costs. Fully 60 percent rated themselves “very concerned.”
Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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