NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2010 - While the Administration implements an “Obama Moratorium” on new offshore drilling until 2012, Americans across the country are already bracing for higher prices at the pump – and it’s not even summer driving season yet.

• Consumers dig deeper for gasoline (Daily Sentinel 3/16/10)
• Gasoline prices reach 16-month high (White Mountain Independent 3/16/10)
• Green Bay gas prices are up 5 cents in week (Green Bay Press Gazette 3/16/10)
• Gasoline prices up yet again (Attleboro Sun Chronicle 3/16/10)
• US gasoline price highest since Oct. 2008-Govt (Reuters 3/15/10)
• Phila.-area gas prices creeping up (Philadelphia Inquirer 3/15/10)
• Gas prices climbing toward $3 a gallon (Baltimore Sun 3/15/10)
• Gasoline prices rise slightly at pump (Los Angeles Times 3/15/10)
• Mass. gas prices rise another 2 cents a gallon (Boston Globe 3/15/10)
• Gasoline prices trending upward (The DeLand-Deltona Beacon 3/15/10)
• Gasoline prices up yet again (Attleboro Sun Chronicle 3/15/10)
• Gas prices could reach $3 per gallon (Pittsburg Morning Sun 3/15/10)
• Memphis Gas Prices Rise 6 Cents (Memphis Daily News 3/15/10)
• Gas edging near $3 a gallon (Tampa Tribune 3/15/10)
• Gas prices statewide rise 10 cents in one week (Rapid City Journal 3/15/10)
• Gas prices rise as spring approaches (Philadelphia Business Journal 3/15/10)
• Gasoline prices continue to rise -- up another dime (Kansas City Star 3/12/10)
• Gasoline Drives Back Toward $3 (Wall Street Journal 3/11/10)
• Oil and Gasoline Prices Begin to Creep Up (New York Times, 3/9/10)

How much higher will gas prices have to go before the Administration stops delaying progress on an all-of-the-above American energy plan that includes new offshore drilling?