Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee blamed oil corporations for high gas prices, saying the industry should boost production on existing leases.
The lawmakers regurgitated a common argument, which has been pushed by the White House in recent weeks, that energy producers are purposely not using up to 9,000 oil and gas leases in an effort to keep gasoline prices high and boost profits. The comments came Wednesday during a committee hearing examining whether Big Oil was price gouging consumers at the pump.
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