claim: says mitt romney said "we are going to have to live with high gas prices, it's a good thing because it will reduce consumption, we don't want to produce any more gasoline."
author: rick santorum
evidence_1: mar 23, 2012 ... gingrich said obama wants gasoline prices to get to the european levels of $9 or $10 a gallon, but that “he just wants it to be gradual. ... be a good thing to encourage people toward alternative energy, obama responded that he “would have preferred a gradual adjustment” because “the fact that this is such ...
evidence_2: obama: we have increased oil production to the highest levels in 16 years. natural gas production is the highest it's been in decades. we still continue to open up new areas for drilling. we continue to make it a priority for us to go after natural gas. we doubled clean energy production. all these things have contributed to us ...
evidence_3: mar 31, 2012 ... domestic production has increased during the obama administration, but it has had minimal effects on global prices because, as producers, we are just too ... although the united states cannot unilaterally lower the price of oil, it can reduce its consumption, by using oil more efficiently and by developing ...
evidence_4: oct 16, 2012 ... transcript and audio of the second debate between president obama and republican nominee mitt romney. ... now, the most important thing we can do is to make sure that we are creating jobs in this country, but not just jobs, good-paying jobs, ones that can support a family. and what i want to do is build ...
evidence_5: may 26, 2016 ... trump's energy policy is just mitt romney's energy policy with more exclamation marks. ... "we're sitting on energy like no one would believe! ... imagine a world in which our foes, and the oil cartels, can no longer use energy as a weapon. it will happen. we're going to win." presidents have been promising ...