Republican Senator Mitch McConnell made some interesting remarks on the Senate floor last Tuesday that tore apart the Democratic plan for oil bit by bit and I wanted to comment on them:
The proposal that the Democratic Leader outlined on gas prices last week falls laughably short. It has all the marks of a political exercise nervously cobbled together in the face of constituent pressure and none of the elements of a serious plan that would actually lower the price of gas or reduce our dependence on the Middle East. …