'Are Gas Prices Too High?' | Planetizen News

Nominal gas prices have never been higher. But are they too high? The question was posed by the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources to the Secretary of the Interior during a committee hearing on May 19. A very frustrated Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, took to Twitter to air his frustration with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland who chose not to directly answer his question which he asked repeatedly, “Do you believe that gas prices are too high?” President Biden’s Interior Secretary refused to admit gas prices are too high. This administration is in denial. It’s been ten straight days of record-high gas prices for Americans. — Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) May 19, 2022 “Barrasso noted that Haaland didn’t directly answer the question, and asked what the department is doing to address ‘this terrible pain that Americans are suffering under these high gas prices?’” reported Adam Sabes for Fox Business who captured the tense moment. “We’re doing all we can, senator,” answered Haaland. “As we’ve mentioned several times today, production on Federal lands is up… It’s at an all-time high, more than a billion barrels.” [A webcast of the full Energy & Natural Resources committee hearing on May 19 on the “President’s FY 2023 Budget…
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