Fleming: STOP Deliberately Misleading
Americans on Energy
By John Fleming
Washington D.C. – Congressman John Fleming, M.D. released the following
statement responding to deceptive claims by Senator Durbin (D-Il) that
the United States only has 2% of the world’s oil reserves. This is on
top of claims by President Obama and the Interior Department that oil
production in the Gulf of Mexico is at an all time high, an assertion
refuted by his own administration’s data.
“Once again Democrats would rather deliberately mislead Americans on
the state of our domestic oil reserves than solve our energy problems.
It’s time Americans were told the WHOLE truth about our domestic oil
reserves. Yes – we have 2% of the world’s ‘proved’ oil reserves
but what Senator Durbin fails to mention is that the United States has
14% of the world’s ‘technically recoverable’ oil reserves. The United
States is still the world’s third-largest oil producer – second to
Russia and Saudi Arabia. Only looking at the United States’ ‘proved’
oil reserves ignores 83% of the oil we have in the United States,” said
Congressman Fleming.
Congressman Fleming added, “This latest assertion by Senator Durbin is
part of the Democrats’ agenda to deflect criticism for surging gas
prices and mislead Americans on the vast energy resources of the United
States. Prices at the pump are a direct response to supply and demand.
If we increase our energy supply, gas prices will fall. But the
deliberate actions of democrats and the Obama administration to
restrict our energy supply are causing gas prices to spike. Half truths
and deliberate misrepresentations by President Obama and Democrats
about our domestic energy production and reserves do nothing to lower
gas prices and create REAL jobs in the United States and Americans
can’t afford it.”
JOHN FLEMING, M.D.
Member of Congress
Dr. John Fleming is Chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs and is a member of the
House Armed Services Committee. He is a physician and small business
owner and represents the 4th Congressional District of Louisiana.
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