america energy secure, and part of that is bringing in a pipeline of oil from canada, taking advantage of the oil and coal we have here, drilling offshore in alaska, drilling offshore in virginia where the people want it. those things will get us the energy we need. mr. president, could you address, was we did finally get to gas prices here. could you address what the governor said, which is, if your energy policy was working, the price of gasoline would not be $4 a gallon here. well, think about what the governor just said. he said when i took office, the price of gasoline was $1.80, $1.86. why is that? because the economy was on the verge of collapse. because we were about to go through the worst recession since the great depression. as a consequence of some of the same policies that governor romney is now promoting. so it s conceivable that governor romney could bring down gas prices, because with his policies, we might be back in that same mess. what i want to do is create an
we ve got to finish what we started in 2008. and romney is still talking. romney in virginia. and let me mention philip. philip was the first questioner of the night you may recall. he asked a question about the gasoline prices. and i pointed out they had gone from roughly about $1.86 a gallon when the president was elected to $4 a gallon and philip wanted to go up so much. the president s answer, the economy has gotten stronger. now on that basis when we have a real recovery, be he would suggest gasoline prices are going to go up to 6 or $8? this was the most classic of the nonanswers of the night. i think it s pretty clear that when it comes to his policies and his answers and agenda he s pretty much running on fumes and
up, coal jobs are not up. i was just at a coal facility where some 1,200 people lost their jobs. the right course for america is to have a true, all of the above policy. i don t think anyone really believes that you re a person who s going to be pushing for oil and gas and coal. you ll get your chance in a moment. i m still speaking. well, governor i don t think that s the case, because that wasn t a question. that was a statement. i don t think the american people believe that. i will fight for oil, coal, and natural gas. the proof of whether a strategy is working or not is what the price is that you re paying at the pump. if you re paying less than you paid a year or two ago, why, then the strategy is working. but you re paying more. when the president took office, the price of gasoline here in nassau county was about $1.86a a gallon. now it s 4 bucks a gallon. price of electricity is up. if the president s energy policies are working, you ll see the cost of energy come down.
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