Democratic Committee to Investigate Gasoline Price Increases – Big Rise Because of It?

Essay by Eric Worrall

h / t Breitbart; After two years block drilling license, pipeline ban, hostile EPA surveillance, pressure on banks, SEC investigation into climate risk exposureand help enemies of friendly oil producersDemocrats suspect big oil executives are responsible for gasoline shortages.

HEARING ABOUT “GO AT THE GAS STATION: BIG OIL AND MOTHER’S PAIN AT THE PUMP”

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – 10:30 a.m. Venue: Consortium Hearing in John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn Home Office Building, and Cisco Webex Committees:

117th Congress

Supervision and Investigation (117)

The Energy and Commerce Commission’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a mixed hearing that includes both in-person and remote attendance on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. This hearing will take place in John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, as well as remotely using Cisco WebEx video conferencing. The hearing was titled, “Garbage at a Gas Station: Big Oil and America’s Pain at the Pump.”

Witness

David Lawler
President and President
bp America, Inc.

Michael K. Wirth
President and CEO
Chevron Corporation

Richard E. Muncrief
President and Chief Executive Officer
Devon Energy Corporation

Darren W. Woods
Managing director
ExxonMobil Corporation

Scott D. Sheffield
Managing director
Pioneering natural resources company

Gretchen Watkins
chairperson
Shell USA, Inc.

Source: https://energycommerce.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-on-gouged-at-the-gas-station-big-oil-and-americas-pain-at-the

I’m pretty sure there could be an alternative explanation for the growing shortfall in US domestic gasoline production. Perhaps you could help educate the Democratic oversight committee on why you think gasoline prices are going up.