mississippi per gallon, is really a matter of changing the subject. the tax laws as regard energy exploration were the same in january of 2009 when president obama took office, and the price of gasoline average around the country was less than $2 per gallon. so it's not tax policy. it's not the oil depletion allowance that is causing this. >> i guess what i'm confused about -- how is this -- >> -- change the subject. >> what is it that the president could have done about the price of gasoline? i mean, you have an issue with the federal reserve pumping money into the economy, and pumping more dollars into the world economy. you have global demand. you know, what -- is there any policy that could have been done that would have stopped $4 a gallon? there doesn't seem to be any expert that -- >> yes. i joined with 28 members of the