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Boccieri Announces Energy Plan at Canton Sunoco
Canton, OH – Today, 16th Congressional District candidate John Boccieri spoke with customers at a local gas station about the skyrocketing cost of fuel. He talked with them about the effect of rising gas prices on family budgets, and detailed his plans to provide relief.
“We need to focus on Midwest innovation, not Middle East oil,” Boccieri said. “We could grow our own fuel here in the state, refine it here in the state, and lessen our dependence on foreign sources of oil.”
He detailed his short-term and long-term energy solutions, including:
- Cracking down on oil companies and Wall Street speculators who are artificially inflating oil prices.
- Halting shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve – which have stopped as of today and will remain suspended through the end of the year.
- Supporting fuel-efficient vehicles and fuel cell research at Stark State to boost the local economy.
- Investing in biofuels that can be grown in the 16th District.
- Building new local refineries to process biofuels and other cutting-edge fuel sources.
- Creating an Apollo program to revolutionize our energy sources and free us from oil dependence forever.
Boccieri noted that his opponent, Kirk Schuring, voted with Governor Taft to raise the state gas tax, which had an initial price tag of $580 million and now places a burden of over $250 million per year on Ohio families. He pointed out that even top oil executives say expanded domestic drilling won’t yield a drop of new oil for at least 10 to 15 years.
When asked what he would do to help oil companies afford more prospecting and drilling, Boccieri replied: “If you want a congressman who's going to stand up and fight every day to make sure that big oil companies quadruple their profits, then I'm not your guy. ...If you want someone who's going to stand up right here and fight for the people of this community who can't afford to put gas in their tanks, then I want to be your Congressman.” |
