Source:  Press Release, 3/9/11

As gas prices rise across North Carolina, draining more dollars from families’ pocketbooks, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx called for an “all-of-the-above” energy policy in a speech in the House of Representatives.  

In her remarks Foxx said the U.S. should focus on developing more domestic energy supplies, including traditional sources like oil and nuclear as well as alterative sources like wind and solar.  Foxx said such a policy would create jobs and help reduce the cost of energy.

Foxx made the following remarks before the House (video here): 

“Mr. Speaker, with gas prices going through the roof, it is time to ask the question: Is this administration's energy policy working? After all, gas price haves soared by 30 percent over the past year.

“We can help protect ourselves from these sky-high prices and create jobs by actively producing American-made energy. That's why I support an all-of-the-above energy policy that includes more American-produced energy, like oil and nuclear, along with alternatives like wind and solar. This will lower prices and create good American jobs while reducing our dependence on foreign oil.

“Unfortunately, the Obamaadministration doesn't seem to get this. Its de facto drilling moratorium in the Gulf has already cost 12,000 jobs and 300,000 barrels a day of energy production.

“Mr. Speaker, we need to increase production, not decrease it, or American families are going to be stuck with ridiculous gas prices that line the pockets of unsavory regimes in the Middle East.”